Notable
Women
Women
The first woman to receive a medical degree in America and become a doctor in medicine
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
This law explains why a balloon shrinks when cooled
What is Charle's Law?
Delta (mathematics)
What is change?
This principle that states a cross-transfer of physical evidence occurs when two objects come into contact
What is Locard's Exchange Principle?
This type of malware disguises itself as legitimate software
What is a Trojan horse?
The first woman to receive a Nobel Prize (for her research into radioactivity)
Who is Marie Curie?
This scientist that first arranged the periodic table by atomic mass
Who is Dmitri Mendeleev?
Tau (engineering)
This branch of forensic science uses insects to estimate the time of death
What is forensic entomology?
This is a method where attackers trick individuals into revealing personal information, often via email
What is phishing?
A pioneer in developing computer technology, thsi woman helped to devise the first commercial electronic computer, and designed a standardized system of computer languages for the U.S. Navy
Who is Grace Hopper?
This radioactive element’s name honors Marie Curie’s homeland
What is Polonium?
Pi / sigma (chemistry)
What are types of bonds?
This is the first stage of death, involving the cooling of the body
What is algor mortis?
This is what the "S" stand for in HTTPS
What is secure?
An electrical engineer who was influential in the design of the Hoover Dam; also the first woman to earn an electrical engineering graduate degree from MIT
Who is Edith Clarke?
This common lab acid was once called “oil of vitriol”
What is sulfuric acid?
Lambda (physics / chemistry)
What is wavelength?
This is the type of microscope Calvin Goddard advanced to better match bullets
What are comparison microscopes?
This woman is the first computer programmer, recognized for her work on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine
Who is Ada Lovelace?
An American physician and the first African American woman to become an astronaut
Who is Mae Jemison?
This element’s name means “stranger” in Greek?
What is Xenon?
Psi (engineering / chemistry)
What is wave function / electric flux?
This type of DNA collection from suspects is most common, and can be done by the investigating officers with proper training
What are buccal swabs?
This woman coined the term "bug" after she found a moth stuck in the Mark II computer
Who is Grace Hopper?