Genetics Vocab Quiz

The genetic make-up of an individual (their letters)

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Chromosome

When the alleles are the same

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

When the alleles are different

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

Homozygous dominant

• aa

• AA

• Aa

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Homozygous recessive

• AA

• Aa

• aa

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The physical appearance of a trait

• genotype

• phenotype

• chromosome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

The form (options/choices) for a trait or gene

• allele

• genotype

• chromosome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Allele written as a capital letter

• Dominant

• Recessive

Allele written as a lower-case letter

• Dominant

• Recessive

Heterozygous

• AA

• Aa

• aa