Ch. 11 Forensic Entomology

A person who studies insects to gain clues about a crime is called a

• forensic anthropologist

• blood spatter analyst

• forensic entomologist

• forensic psychologist

A predictable sequence of changing species that inhabit a decomposing body is known as…

• insect succession

• ADH

• PMI

• life cycle

How are entomology and forensic entomology different?

• Entomology studies insects while forensic entomology studies insects in application to civil and criminal legal cases.

• Entomology studies insects in application to civil and criminal legal cases while forensic entomology studies insects.

• Trick! They are both the same.

• This is not the answer.

What is insect succession?

• The sequence in which an egg becomes an adult fly.

• A sequence of changing species that inhabit a decomposing body.

• The depositing of eggs.

• When the alpha fly is overthrown by his son.

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# of hours it takes for insect species to develop to a given stage

• accumulated degree hours (ADH)

• insect succession

• instar

• complete metamorphosis

breakdown of once living matter by living organisms

• instar

• larva

• decomposition

• insect succession

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stage 1 of decomposition

• fresh stage

• skeletal or dry

• advanced decay

• bloating

• active decay

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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stage 2 of decomposition

• bloating

• advanced decay

• active decay

• fresh stage

• dry or skeletal

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stage 3 of decomposition

• active decay

• dry or skeletal

• advanced decay

• fresh stage

• bloating

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stage 4 of decomposition

• advanced decay

• bloating

• fresh

• dry or skeletal

• active decay

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