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This fingerprint type is made of sweat and oil on the skin’s surface.
What are latent fingerprints?
The element of a building that acts as a base layer to keep the moisture away from the structure and evenly distribute the structure's weight to the ground.
What is the foundation?
The ability to do work.
What is energy?
A type of rock that is formed by the accumulation of minerals at the Earth’s surface.
What is sedimentary rock?
The name of the process by which green plants use sunlight and carbon dioxide to produce glucose before it is processed into more complex forms.
What is photosynthesis?
A surgical procedure examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of disease.
What is an autopsy?
This structure is known for its 3.97 degree tilt and is the result of a massive engineering operation to stop it from falling.
What is the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
The unit of measurement for frequency.
What is Hertz?
A black, volcanic piece of glass that is formed when molten lava cools at a rapid speed.
What is obsidian?
The name of the structure that is formed from the ovule of a plant after fertilization has taken place.
What is a seed?
This type of forensic science mainly focuses on the study of the human skeleton to find clues regarding the individual's identity.
What is forensic anthropology?
Starting his career as an instrument maker, this man was the first person to call himself a civil engineer.
Who was John Smeaton?
The flow of current within solids is due to this.
What is an electron?
In regards to mass, this element is the second most abundant element on Earth.
What is Silicon?
The word used to describe how the seeds are separated from their parent plant and are moved and spread out into new environments.
What is dispersal?
Using techniques to help solve murders, hit-and-runs, and more, this branch of forensic science is the study of the presence of poisonous substances and the effects on an individual.
What is forensic toxicology?
The construction of the Great Wall of China was orchestrated by this engineer.
Who was General Meng?
The instrument used to detect electric current is known as this.
What is a galvanometer?
Volcanoes that are made up of layers of volcanic ash and have a steep shape.
What is a cinder volcano?
The process by which the microspores of a seed plant are transferred to another compatible plant of the same type.
What is pollination?
These rules were devised to establish if insanity is the cause of the individual’s behavior when a crime has been committed.
What is the M’naghten Rule?
In civil engineering, Abrams’ law describes the strength of this type of building material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together.
What is concrete?
This type of fuse contains two elements, one for normal currents and another for higher currents, and provides protection against temporary overloads that may occur in electrical circuits.
What is a dual-element fuse?
Credited with the discovery of radioactivity, this geologist was the first to use radioisotopes for age dating.
Who is Marie Curie?
A naturally occurring phenomenon in which plant structures lose their foliage.
What is abscission?