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What is someone called who solves crimes?
Detective
What is a person called who may have committed a crime?
suspect
What do we call a person who saw something happen?
witness
what do we call a clue that helps solve a mystery?
evidence
what tool might a detective use to look closely a tiny clues?
magnifying glass
why do detectives take photos of crime scenes?
to record what it looked like before anything changes
what should a detective do before making a decision?
gather all the facts
everyone has the exact same fingerprints, true or false
false
what phone number should you call in Canada during an emergency?
911
what does a decoder help you do?
read a secret message
what is forensic science?
using science to help crimes
name one thing forensic scientists might examine
fingerprints, DNA footprints hair fibres from clothes
Who helps keep the community safe
police
what is heavier one KG of feathers or 1kg of rocks
same
if everyone’s shoes are wet, except one person what question might a detective ask?
why are your shoes dry?
A witness and suspect are always the same person
false
detectives use notebooks to record clues
true
A detective finds a water on the floor. What was probably there before
ice cube
what is more important in an
investigation
fact or opinion or guess
why do detectives interview more than one witness?
To compare stories and gather more information
I have keys, but no locks space but no room you can enter but not go outside. What am I?
keyboard
The more you take the more you leave behind what am I?
footsteps
i’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old what am I?
candle
what has hands but can’t clap
clock
A detective is called to a house where all the lights are off, but a man is reading how
he’s blind and reading braille