Glass
What is the main ingredient in glass?
Sand
The lines on a fingerprint are known as:
Ridges
How many schedules of drugs are there?
Five
The protein found on the outside of red blood cells that determines whether you have a positive or negative blood type
Rh Factor
A weapon capable of firing a projectile using a confined explosive
Firearm
A hard, transparent, amorphous brittle solid made by heating a mixture of silica and other materials
Glass
When are fingerprints formed?
In the womb
The role of a _______________ is to detect, identify, and measure drugs, alcohol, poisons, and toxins in biological samples.
toxicologist
Deals with the identification and analysis of bodily fluids found at crime scenes
Forensic Serology
Shotguns are examples of:
Long Guns
A measure of how light bends as it passes from one substance to another
Refractive Index
Invisible prints that must be enhanced with powders or chemicals
Latent Prints
A physical process associated with drug use whereby a person craves a drug; failure to take the drug can result in withdrawal
Addiction
Large entwined strands of DNA
Chromosomes
Scratch marks left on the projectile by the rifling lines inside the barrel
Striations
Two sheets of ordinary glass bonded together with a plastic film
Laminated Glass
A presumptive test that reacts with the iron in blood and can be made visible with UV light
Luminol
A drug that changes a person's perceptions and thinking during intoxication
Hallucinogen
Who is the scientist responsible for developing the process of DNA profiling?
Alec Jeffreys
The database that holds ballistic information for comparison purposes
NIBIN
Type of cracks that appear first starting on the opposite side of the destructive force
Radial Fractures
What are the three patterns of fingerprints?
Loop, Whorl, and Arch
The discipline of Forensic Toxicology where a pathologist determines if toxins are in the victim's system is:
Postmortem Toxicology
When determining the _______________ of blood spatter, the formula sin-1 (width/length) is used.
Point of origin
The path and flight of the bullet best describes the _________ of a projectile.
trajectory