Forensics Vocabulary
Name one of the three fingerprint types
Loop
Arch
Whorl
Name something that could be left at a crime scene that would have DNA in it.
Hair
Skin cells
Saliva
Blood
A person who MIGHT have committed the crime is called...
Suspect
What is the name of the large, hairy creature said to live in forests in North America?
Bigfoot
Sasquatch
What is the name of the famous creature said to live in a lake in Scotland?
Loch Ness Monster (Nessie)
The special code in your body that makes you who you are
DNA
You get your DNA from which 2 people?
Your parents
Proof that a suspect was somewhere else during the crime
Alibi
What is the name of the "snow monster" said to live in the Himalayan mountains in Asia?
Yeti
Abominable Snowman
What name is given to possible life forms that come from other planets?
Aliens
Extraterrestrials
Testing unknown substances to figure out what they are
Powder analysis
Where is DNA found in your body?
Inside your cells
A false or misleading clue that the author includes to get you off track in the mystery
Red herring
What is the name of the legendary lost city that is said to have sunk into the ocean?
Atlantis
What island is famous for its giant stone head statues called moai?
Easter Island
The study of teeth, bitemarks, and dental evidence
Odontology
Hair color
Eye color
Height
Freckles
Someone who SAW the crime happen
Witness
What is the name of the secretive U.S. military base in Nevada that is often linked to UFOs and alien theories?
Area 51
What are the large, mysterious patterns found in fields, often made by flattening crops?
Crop circles
A way to separate a mixture into its parts to find out what chemicals or dyes are present
Chromatography
What shape is DNA often compared to?
Twisted ladder (double helix)
The person that the crime happened TO
Victim
What is the name of the mysterious area in the Atlantic Ocean where ships and airplanes are said to have disappeared?
Bermuda Triangle
What famous pilot mysteriously disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937?
Amelia Earhart