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Quiz: Mystery of the Bones

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What can the teeth tell you about the person?

a)

Diet

b)

Afford dental care

c)

Health

d)

Activity

2.

What about the skull will tell you about their age?

a)

Fused sutures

b)

Frontal bone size

c)

Presence of sutures

d)

Size of orbitals

3.

In general, a female skeleton will have a pelvis that is

a)

wider.

b)

narrower.

c)

thinner.

d)

smoother.

4.

Which bone is most commonly used to determine the height of the deceased?

a)

sternum

b)

femur

c)

clavicle

d)

humerus

5.

If a forensic anthropologist uses their thumb to check the width of the notch on the pelvic, what are they trying to determine?

a)

age

b)

gender

c)

weight

d)

childbirth

6.

You can tell if a person is right or left handed from the bones in the hand?

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The sagittal suture in the skull can be investigated to determine:

a)

age

b)

gender

c)

race

d)

height

8.

A forensic entomologist would study what on the corpse?

a)

finger bones

b)

insects

c)

blood

d)

muscle tissue

9.

The field of science that would be involved in identifying skeletal remains is called

a)

reconstruction anatomy

b)

forensic anthropology

c)

physiology

d)

medicine

10.

Common way anthropologist can tell if it is a male or female?

a)

skull

b)

bone thickness

c)

femur size

d)

teeth

11.

What is the most accurate place to determine body temperature?

a)

Rectal

b)

Liver

c)

Armpit

d)

Ear

12.

Every hour, how much does the body drop temperature (at ambient temperatures)?

a)

1 degree Celsius

b)

1.5 degrees Celsius

c)

5 degrees Celsius

d)

0.5 degrees Celsius

13.

Body stiffens in the first 24 hours.

a)

rigor mortis

b)

lividity

14.

Blood collecting due to heart stop pumping

a)

lividity

b)

rigor mortis

15.

The body stops growing, but continues to remodel its bones.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What can flies determine about the body?

a)

Temperature

b)

Time of death

c)

Size of body

d)

Last meal

17.

There is never a good reason to exhume a corpse.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Sternum is the last bone to complete its growth.

a)

True

b)

False