2 Notes: Post Mortem Stages & Decomposition

​You will complete the two tables of notes on pages 2 and 3 using this quizizz.

​postmortem stages & DECOMPOSITION

​answer the questions over material

​This is what you should have written in your notes.

Multiple Choice

Livor mortis peaks how starts hours after death?

• 2-4 hours later

• 24 hours later

• within 30 min

• 12 hours later

Multiple Choice

The cooling of body temperature after death is:

• algor mortis
• livor mortis
• rigor mortis
• pallor mortis

Multiple Choice

What does the word ambient mean?

• super cooling of body after death that occurs in very hot environments

• relating to the immediate surroundings of something

• having an infinite endpoint of temperature decrease

Multiple Choice

Cells in the body are broken down by digestive enzymes and intracellular calcium is released. This causes contraction of muscles. What postmortem stage does this occur in?

• Livor mortis

• Rigor mortis

• Algor mortis

Multiple Choice

In thermodynamics, you learned that heat always travels from hot to cold. What is postmortem stage demonstrates this natural occurrence?

• Livor mortis

• Rigor mortis

• Algor mortis

Multiple Choice

A body is found with a blue-purple coloring across the back and the back of the legs due to pooling of blood. What does this indicate?

• the victim died laying on their stomach

• the victim died laying on their back

• the victim was exercising prior to death

• the victim died in a cold environment

​Now you will fill out the Stages of Decomposition table in your notes.

​This is what you should have written in your notes.

Multiple Choice

A body is found with blistering skin that is slipping off of the muscle underneath. There is a strong odor and maggots are seen covering the body. Which stage of decomposition is this body in?

• bloating

• advanced decay

• active decay

• fresh

Multiple Choice

Livor mortis and rigor mortis occur during this stage

• fresh
• bloat
• active decay
• advanced decay

Multiple Choice

In which stage would you expect to see a forensic entomologist assist in an investigation?

• Active Decay

• Advanced Decay

• Dry

• Fresh

Multiple Choice

Which best describes a body that is found in the final state of decay?

• metabolized and shriveled

• marbleized and bloated

• polarized and moist

• skeletonized and dry

Multiple Choice

Advanced decay occurs between what two stages?

• Fresh and Active Decay

• Active Decay and Dry

• Bloat and Fresh

• Active Decay and Bloat

Multiple Choice

In which stage do anaerobic gases build up?

• fresh
• bloat
• active decay
• advanced decay

Multiple Choice

In which stage would a forensic anthropologist most likely be called to assist in an investigation?

• Fresh

• Bloat

• Dry

• Mortis