The science of evidence in order to solve crimes and convict criminals
What is forensic science?
100
the reason a person does something or acts the way he/she does
What is a motive?
100
List the 4 different types of fingerprint patterns that humans have.
What are loop, whorl, arch, and composite?
100
A shoe print can tell a forensic investigator many things, such as... (5 things)
What is gender, weight, height, shoe size, and how long it has been there
100
Fingerprints, handwriting, shoe print, DNA, chromatography are used to for what?
What are the five different ways we can collect evidence from a person to determine whether or not they a there at the scene of the crime?
200
An item used as proof in a crime
What is evidence?
200
A person accused of a crime
Who is an offender?
200
This type of fingerprint is formed by ridges that enter on one side of the print and exits on the other side.
What is an arch?
200
This technique can be used to identify someone who wrote a note
What is handwriting analysis?
200
Fill in the blank:
No two _______________ are the same.
What are fingerprints?
300
an account of where a suspect was or who they were with at the time of the crime
What is an alibi?
300
A person who has allegedly committed a crime
Who is a perpetrator?
300
This type of fingerprint has ridges that enter and exit on the same side.
What is a loop?
300
This characteristic of handwriting analysis shows that the lines are smooth or shaky.
What is line quality?
300
Just like fingerprints, no humans have the same __________
What is retina?
400
an act committed in violation of the law
What is a crime?
400
A person who saw or can give a firsthand account of a crime
Who is the witness?
400
This type of fingerprint has ridges that makes a complete circle.
What is a whorl?
400
This characteristic of handwriting analysis shows if the spacing size is consistent.
What is spacing?
400
With the exception of twins, no 2 humans have the same ______________
What is DNA?
500
the location where a crime has been committed
What is a crime scene?
500
A person who who collects evidence to solve a crime
Who is an investigator?
500
These are the three categories of fingerprints.
Bonus marks: Explain each category
What are patent, latent and plastic?
Patent: prints that can be seen with the eye
Latent: prints that are made in soft materials that leaves an
impression
Plastic: prints that cannot be seen with the eye
500
This type of handwriting analysis shows that the writing goes below the line.
What is baseline habits?
500
This is a mixture of nonliving things (sand grains, smaller rock particles, minerals). It also holds living things (plants and animals)