Fingerprints
Handwriting
Footprints & Tracks
Vocabulary
Other
100

This pattern has lots of circles that do not leave either side of the print.

Whorl

100

What might lead you to believe that a note was written by someone who was left handed?

Smudge marks over writing

100

List 3 pieces of information investigators can learn based on footprints. 

Age, speed, height, type of shoe, weight.

100

Proof or facts that something happened.

Evidence

100

What could investigators learn from tire tracks found at a crime scene?

*answers will vary*

200

This pattern enters and exits on the same side.

Loop

200

What is the crime called when you copy someones signature?

Forgery

200

List 3 pieces of evidence that indicate animal activity.

Animal tracks, trails, tunnels, nests, scat & urine, fur, feathers.

200

A guess that explains the things investigators observe.

Inference

200

An expert witness is....

a witness that is an expert in something and are sharing their knowledge
300

The fourth type of fingerprint pattern is called a...

Composite

300

When analyzing handwriting samples you should look at the spacing between these two things.

Words and letters.

300
Why is a shoe print not enough evidence to convict someone of a crime?

Many people could have the same shoe.

300

What is the scientific term for handwriting analysis?

Graphology

300

What could investigators learn from tire tracks found at a crime scene?

*answers will vary*

400

The most common type of fingerprint is...

Loop
400

Why can forensic scientists use handwriting analysis to help solve crimes?

Handwriting is unique to everyone

400

If a footprint is deeper when it is leading away from a house than when it entered, this could mean.....

The person was carrying something

400

Using observations, inferences, and evidence to solve a crime. 

Investigation

400

Why do investigators need more than 1 piece/ type of evidence to convict a suspect?

Need many pieces of proof that one person committed the crime. 

500

This fingerprint characteristic is triangle shape, there are two in a whorl pattern.

Delta

500

What characteristic do investigators look at when analyzing a typed note. 

Spelling, grammar, punctuation

500

If two people have the exact same shoe, what could you look for to tell them apart?

Worn down areas on the shoe

500

Proof that is collected in order to solve a crime. 

Forensic Evidence

500

Chromatography is....

the separation of a mixture to analyze the individual ingrediants.