PBS - Do Now - 2/15 - Crime Scene

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

• Forensics
• Accomplice
• Crime Scene
• Alibi

Any material items that are present at the crime scene

• evidence
• accomplice
• detectives
• police officers

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

• detectives
• specialists
• district attorney
• police officers

Refers to small evidence like hairs of fibers

• physical evidence
• trace evidence
• suspect
• witness

Whorl, Arch and loop are all types of

• fingerprints
• footprints
• blood types
• hair types

Why do forensic scientists wear protective clothing?

• They don't want to get dirty

• They want to look cool

• They don't want to contaminate the crime scene

• They don't want to stand out from the detectives

What is the job of forensic scientists?

• To find every single piece of evidence

• To arrest the criminal

• To convict the criminal

Person who determines the preliminary cause of death at the crime scene and conducts an autopsy

• detective
• CSI unit 
• medical examiner
• attorney

"With contact between two items, there will be an exchange." This is known as _____

• physical evdience
• Locard's exchange principle
• Forensic exchange principle
• the law of forensics 

The central core of the hair is called the...?

• Medulla
• Cuticle
• Cortex
• Shaft