Experimental Design
The variable that is manipulated by the scientist in an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
The outermost part of a hair.
What is the cuticle?
Located on the surface of red blood cells and stimulates an immune response.
What are antigens?
Always partners with Thymine (T) in DNA.
What is adenine (A)?
The teeth are a part of this body system used to breakdown food.
What is the digestive system?
Used as a baseline in scientific experiments.
What is the control?
Very tiny characteristics.
What are minutiae?
The blood type without any antibodies in the blood.
What is Group AB?
Made up of a phosphate group, a 5-carbon sugar (deoxyribose), and a nitrogenous base (A, T, G, or C).
What is a nucleotide?
The pooling of the body following death that causes purplish-red discoloration of the skin.
What is livor mortis?
Scientists conduct experiments in an attempt to answer questions and test this.
What is a hypothesis?
Hairs, fibers, or other tiny fragments of physical evidence.
What is trace evidence?
The blood group that does not agglutinate.
What is Group O?
The direction a DNA fragment moves in gel electrophoresis.
What is positive?
A brain dysfunction caused by an outside force.
What is a traumatic brain injury (TBI)?
The variable that is measured by the scientist in an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
Also referred to as forensic evidence
What is a "footprint"?
Protein found inside red blood cells that transports Oxygen.
What is hemoglobin?
The fragment that moves fastest in gel electrophoresis.
What is the shortest (smallest)?
Prevents the backflow of blood in the heart and vessels.
What are valves?
The systematic process used to collect and analyze data.
What is the experimental design process? (Acceptable: Experiment)
Location of DNA in a piece of hair.
What is the follicle?
The 4 components of blood.
What are plasma, erythrocytes (RBC's), leukocytes (WBC's), and thrombocytes (platelets)?
Replicates DNA to make a lot of copies.
What is polymerase chain reaction (PCR)?
The type of tissue that can be striated, smooth, or cardiac.
What is muscle tissue?