Person associated with someone suspected of committing a crime.
Who is an accomplice?
100
Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Plasma, Platelets
What substances make up our blood?
100
Someone who analyzes skeletal remains to determine the identity of a victim as well as his/her life history, cause of death, or other clues about a crime.
Who is a forensic anthropologist?
100
Protein hair and finger nails are composed of.
What is keratin?
100
The physical separation of a mixture into its individual components.
What is chromatography?
200
Statement of where a suspect was at the time of a crime.
What is an alibi?
200
O+ blood type
What is blood type is the most common/universal donor?
200
Sex, Race, Age, Stature, Clues from a Person's Past, Injuries, Cause of Death
What can a forensics anthropologist learn from bones?
200
Also known as man-made fibers.
What synthetic fibers?
200
Liquid, Thin-Layer, Gas, and Paper
What are the 4 types of chromatography?
300
Any physical location in which a crime has occurred or is suspected of having occurred.
What is a crime scene?
300
Can be analyzed to determine patterns that give investigators clues to how a crime might have happened.
What is blood spatter?
300
Identifies insects at various stages of their life cycle, such as eggs, larva, and adults and collects and preserves insect as evidence.
Who is a forensic entomologist?
300
Fibers which come from plants and animals.
What are natural fibers?
300
Found on chromosomes located in the nucleus of our cells
What is DNA?
400
The original location of a crime or accident.
What is a primary crime scene?
400
Small drops of blood that break of from the parent spatter when the blood droplet hits a surface.
What are satellite spatters?
400
Forensic entomologists use their knowledge of insects and their ______________ and ________________ to give them clues about a crime.
What is life cycles and behaviors?
400
This part of the hair is needed to test for DNA.
What is the root?
400
The DNA database is known as this.
What is CODIS?
500
An alternate location where additional evidence may be found.
What is a secondary crime scene?
500
The pointed edges of a stain that radiate out from the spatter; can help determine the direction from which the blood traveled
What are spines?
500
Flies and Beetles
What are the most common insects used in forensics investigations?
500
Characteristics of the cuticle may be important in distinguishing between hairs of different _____________ but are often not useful in distinguishing between different _____________.
What is species and people?
500
The solute is the substance that is dissolved and the _________ is the substance that does the dissolving