Forensics blood basics

How many continents are there?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

What is the largest planet in the solar system?

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Uranus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Neptune

• Venus

• Mercury

• Saturn

A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime

• officer

• victim

• out of luck

• suspect

A person thought to be guilty of a crime or offense

• victim
• officer
• suspect
• bad guy

Blood is made up of________________________.

• plasma, platelets, white blood cells & red blood cells

• red food coloring & water

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Can be analyzed to determine blood type and DNA, which can be matched to possible suspects.

• blood transfusion

• blood spatter

• blood droplets

• blood samples

Can be analyzed to give clues to the location of a crime, movement of a victim, and type of weapon.

• blood spatter

• blood droplets

• mDNA

• tDNA

Can be analyzed to determine patterns that give investigators clues to how a crime might have happened.

• blood pattern

• blood spatter

• gravitational droplets

• aterial spatter

55% of total blood volume is

• protein

• glucose

• water

• plasma