[ 245 ] Life Science GED ® TEST SCIENCE FLASH REVIEW • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The table compares characteristics for four different groups of plants. A “1” indicates the characteristic is present and a “0” indicates the characteristic is absent. Plant Type Vascular Tissue Seeds Flowers Conifers 1 1 0 Ferns 1 0 0 Flowering Plants 1 1 1 Mosses 0 0 0 A cladogram illustrates the relatedness of organisms based on shared characteristics. Branches below a given characteristic represent organisms that do not exhibit that characteristic. Branches above a given characteristic represent organisms that do exhibit that characteristic. Each branch represents one plant type. Use the information in the table to organize the plant types onto the appropriate branches in the cladogram. • conifers • ferns • flowering plants • mosses Flowers Seeds Vascular Tissue Ancestral Plant Species