Ch 13 Test Review

True or False: The uniqueness of soil composition has helped locate burial sites and link suspects to crime scenes.

• True
• False

True or False: An Austrian, Dr. Hans Gross, is believed to be one of the first forensic scientists to apply science to crime investigation. But Dr. Gross did not believe in the value of physical evidence, including soils found in the crime scene.

• True
• False

True or False: A German investigator, Georg Popp, is credited with being the first forensic scientist to use soil evidence to solve a crime.

• True
• False

True or False: Soil contains minerals, decaying organisms, water, and air, all in varying amounts.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

True or False: Loam and peat are two subcategories of soil.

• True
• False

True or False: Loam and peat are two subcategories of soil.

• True
• False

True or False: Soils form in horizons, or layers, that are more or less parallel to the earth’s surface.

• True
• False

True or False: The E horizon of soil is also called topsoil.

• True
• False

Sand is formed by the action of:

• wind and water on rocks, called weathering.
• water on rocks.
• wind on rocks.
• None of these choices.

The size of sand grains can be anywhere from:

• 0.05 mm to 10 mm in diameter.
• mm to 20 mm in diameter.
• 0.05 mm to 15 mm in diameter.
• None of these choices.