Fingerprinting
Who's This?
How does it work?
Cars & Computers
Wild Card!
100

A type of fingerprint where the fingerprint is visible due to a liquid such as blood, chocolate, or mud being on the fingers before contact.

What is Patent Print?

100

Who's DNA matches best? [Show image of gel]

Who is C?

100

A shape that is commonly used in bridges due to their rigidity and resistance to compression.

What is the Triangle?

100

The material deposited onto roads after a car creates skid marks.

What is Rubber?

100

An acronym that describes the process of recognizing, preserving, collecting, and analyzing physical evidence at a crime scene

What is CSI?

200

A type of fingerprint where the fingerprint is visible with the naked eye and is moulded onto a surface.

What is Plastic Print?

200

Who's fingerprint is this? [Show image]

Who is Suspect 3?

200

A chemical reaction that involves two half-reactions: one where electrons are gained, one where electrons are lost

What is a Redox Reaction?

200

A car begins applying the brakes to avoid crashing into a pole. The coefficient of friction is 0.73. The downward acceleration due to gravity is 10 m/s2. What is the car's acceleration? (Must have the correct sign!) 

What is -7.3 m/s2?

200

A type of question avoided in witness questioning, but used in courts by lawyers. (DOUBLE POINTS)

What is a Leading Question?

300

A non-destructive method of revealing fingerprints.

What is Alternative Light Source?

300

The organ that controls blood glucose. What human sample is this? [Show image]

What is the Human Pancreas?

300

The method used to separate out fragments of DNA based on their weight, not charge.

What is Gel Electrophoresis?

300

If skid marks of 39 m first appeared when the car was moving at 11 m/s, and the car's deceleration was -1.5 m/s2, then how fast was the car moving right after the skid marks were made?

v22 = v12 + 2ad

What is 2 m/s?

300

A test used to detect certain types of sugars via a redox reaction under heat.

What is Benedict's Reagent?

400

The chemical used to reveal fingerprints by reacting with the amino acids in the fingerprint.

What is Ninhydrin?

400

What kind of fiber is this? [Show image]

What is cotton?

400

The fastest type of computer memory, used to store frequently accessed data and instructions (e.g. websites).

What is Cache?

400

A unitless value that tells you about the friction between the wheels of a car and the surface of the road. (Double pts if you can get the EXACT name)

What is the Kinetic Coefficient of Friction?

400

The element used in stainless steel to prevent rust corrosion.

What is Chromium?

500

What chemical is used to harden fingerprints? (Scientific name only)

What is Cyanoacrylate?

500

Used to lift heavy objects, run around, etc. What human sample is this? [Show image] (be specific)

What is the Skeletal Muscle?

500

Used to disrupt the phospholipid bilayer of the cell membrane and nuclear membrane. This is also amphipathic.

What is Soap?

500

An enclosure that blocks all electromagnetic signals (cellular, WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS)

What is a Faraday Cage?

500

Someone who analyzes crime scene evidence on the scene and/or in the lab. They are mostly responsible for analyzing accidents from structural/mechanical failures.

Who is a Forensic Engineer?