Definitions
What is Forensics?
The application of scientific knowledge and methods to answer legal questions
A sketch includes case number, type of crime, location, date and time, and evidence
Crime Scene Sketch
What is an important tool used to observe and analyze trace evidence ?
A comparison microscope
Small but measurable amounts of physical or biological material found at a crime scene
Trace Evidence
What is the term that you use to show something that can be presented in court to support your suspicion during a trial
Physical evidence
What is a term called when a fingerprint can be seen?
Patent Fingerprint
How should a crime scene technician collect a bloody shirt?
In a evidence plastic bag
A person defends a victim and presents evidence at a court
Lawyer
How can scientists tell the difference between a male and female skeleton?
The pelvis of the female is wider, males have sharper edges to the tibia and ulna, eye sockets for females are rounder
What is a term called when you give a detailed exam of a dead body?
Autopsy
What is a traditional method used in forensic science to record a person's fingerprints by rolling their ink-covered fingertips onto a fingerprint card?
Ink Fingerprint
What is a term when a person joins with another in carrying out some illegal plan?
Accomplice
What piece of evidence could an investigator use to determine most precisely who the suspect of a crime is if two identical twins are in question?
Fingerprint evidence
The inner part of a hair structure
Medulla
What is a term called when a person directly observes and sees an event with eyes ?
Eyewitness
What is a ridge that travels and then splits into two branches ?
Bifurcations
A defense by an accused person showing that he or she could not have committed a crime in question
Alibi
A physician determines causes of death when he/she examines a body
Medical Examiner
What possible genotypes will the offspring have if the parents' blood types are O and AB?
AO or BO
What is a term used when you separate mixture of substances on a paper stuck to pencil over the mouth of an acetone-filled beaker?
Paper Chromatography
The three main types of fingerprints are?
Loop, whorl, arch
Someone commits a serious crime
Prime Suspect
A person performs investigation, does interview, and questions witnesses
Detective
What does DNA stand for? Name three biological sources of DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid. Blood, Saliva, Tissues or other bodily fluids.