This forensic expert specializes in studying insects at crime scenes.
What is a forensic entomologist?
100
This is considered by many detectives to be their most important tool. It helps them take a closer look at things.
What is a magnifying glass?
100
An individual who might possibly have committed the crime.
What is a suspect?
100
This type of test helps determine which gun was used in a crime.
What is ballistics test?
100
The field of forensic science relies on the collection of this to determine facts.
What is evidence?
200
This forensic expert specializes in recovering an interpreting human remains and material evidence from burial grounds.
What is a forensic archaeologist?
200
These are used by investigators to prevent their own fingerprints from showing up at the crime scene.
What are gloves?
200
The pattern of blood that has stuck to a surface.
What is blood spatter?
200
This is used to determine if the saliva found at a crime scene matches a suspect.
What is DNA testing?
200
This fictional character serves as an inspiration for many forensic scientists.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
300
This forensic expert helps identify deceased individuals from remains that are heavily damaged or decayed.
What is a forensic anthropologist?
300
This is used to help document what the crime scene looked like before evidence was taken away for testing.
What is a camera?
300
The unique patterns created by skin ridges found on the palm, sides of fingers, and thumbs.
What are fingerprints?
300
This is used by a forensic botanist to examine plant dust found at a crime scene.
What is pollen analysis?
300
This insect is usually considered "the first to arrive", so it is often used in determining time of death.
What is the blowfly?
400
This forensic expert specializes in examining the plant evidence at a crime scene.
What is a forensic botanist?
400
This is used in many lab tests. One common use is to examine hair samples closely.
What is a microscope?
400
A unit of inheritance consisting of a sequence DNA that determines a particular characteristic.
What is a gene?
400
This is used by forensic anthropologists to determine the age of matter from a deceased plant or animal.
What is radiocarbon dating?
400
Studying the pollen at a crime scene can help establish this about the suspect.
What are locations that he/she have visited?
500
This expert specializes in developing and managing a museum's collection. They may be called on to assist police in a variety of ways during an investigation due to their expertise.
What is a curator?
500
This is used to analyze unknown substances by identifying chemicals by their mass and charge.
What is a mass spectrometer?
500
A chemical that is capable of detecting bloodstains.
What is luminol?
500
This is used by forensic anthropologists to determine different information about the ancestry and life of a person based on their teeth.
What is dental analysis?
500
This principle used in forensic science states that "every contact leaves a trace."