Forensic Science Review

Forensic Science is

• microscopes used for vapor

• the applications of testing

• applying principles of science to the law

• the application of evidence to testing

Locard's Principle states

• every contact leaves trace evidence

• every criminal leaves shoe prints

• every criminal leaves fingerprints

• every criminal will be punished

A crime scene sketch is a required part of an investigation.

• True

• False

Which is NOT trace evidence?

• hair

• DNA

• carpet fibers

• sweater fibers

DNA is

• deoxygenated acid

• deoxyribnucleic acid

• deoxetrate acid

• deoxyrib antacid

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Identical twins have identical fingerprints.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

CSI stands for

• Criminal Scenic Investor

• Crime Series Insulator

• Crime Scene Instigator

• Crime Scene Investigator

Chromatography is

• a laboratory test used to identify particular substances

• a photographic process

• a mapping technique

• used to identify shoe size

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A suspect is

• a person claiming innocence

• someone with beady eyes

• someone who is thought to have possibly committed the crime

• a person who has a solid alibi

An alibi is

• evidence that you committed a crime

• a credible statement that the person was somewhere else when the crime occurred

• a guess that the person was somewhere else when the crime occurred

• a hunch that the person did the crime