1st 9 Weeks Assessment (Forensic Science)

Any physical location in which a crime has occurred or is suspected of having occurred

• Forensics
• Accomplice
• Crime Scene
• Alibi

Person thought to be capable of committing a crime

• Forensics
• Evidence
• Suspect
• CSI

Any material items that are present at the crime scene

• evidence
• accomplice
• detectives
• police officers

statement of where a suspect was at the time of a crime

• alibi
• accomplice
• fingerprints
• evidence

Typically the first to arrive at a crime scene and they secure the scene

• detectives
• specialists
• district attorney
• police officers

____________ Chemistry - Identification and comparison of materials from fires, explosions, paints, and glass.

• Trace

• Analytical

• Organic

• General

When a forensic scientist provides information in a criminal trial, the facts he or she presents are based on:

• Eyewitness accounts.
• Educated guesses.
• Circumstantial evidence.
• Scientific investigation.

What is forensic science?

• When scientists improve plants by using DNA
• The use of science in growing trees
• Any legal action that requires a police investigation
• When science is used for the purposes of the law

Refers to small evidence like hairs of fibers

• physical evidence
• trace evidence
• suspect
• witness

Who can enter a crime scene?

• Anyone as long as they sign the log sheet

• only crime scene investigators and authorized personnel

• Suspects

• witnesses