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types of examining a scene
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100

The detective found the body along with evidence at the ______.

crime scene

100

Type of examining a scene in a circular movement...

spiral 

100

What is the study of human biological and physiological characteristics?

Anthropology

100

The smallest bone found in the human body is located in which part of the body?

The ear

100

Fingerprints can be what three types?

Latent, Plastic, and Patent

200

_______ is a type of evidence that can disappear within a certain time frame such as footprints in snow.

Transient evidence

200

method of searching for evidence by assigning small zones to seperate people. 

Quadrant method

200

A scientist who studies bodily fluids and tissues.

Pathologist

200

The Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) are created by what?

Solar wind/ the sun's energy hitting the atmosphere

200

What database uses DNA samples to identify suspects and perpetrators?

CODIS

300

An area that is uncontaminated but close to the deposition of physical evidence is called____.

Substrate control

300

A method best for large outdoor areas where investigators move in the same direction

Line method

300

This is the medical condition which occurs after death and causes stiffening of the body within 24 hours after death.

Rigor mortis

300

Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series?

R.L. Stine

300

What principle says that when two objects come in contact, there will be an exchange of materials?

Locard's exchange principle

400

The ______ is typically the first person to arrive on the scene of a crime and has the responsibility of taking charge of the crime scene. 

first officer/responder

400

A method also known as a double line search but can be time consuming.

Grid method

400

A process that occurs after death during which the body cools down to a room temperature.

Algor mortis

400

How many books are in the entire Bible?

66

400

What should you do first before collecting evidence at a scene?

Photograph!!!

500

_______ is created by a specific event in a crime scene that is useful for reproducing the sequence of events and crime scene reconstruction when investigating.

Conditional evidence

500

This is a precise rendering of a crime scene and is usually drawn to scale...

finished sketch

500

The medical condition in which blood settles in the parts of the body closest to the ground after death. 

Livor mortis

500

Steve Irwin is most famous for interacting with what animal?

Crocodile

500

Where and when did the use of fingerprints to identify people begin?

China, 2000ish years ago