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WorksheetsEvidence and Investigation Vocab Quizizz
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
What refers to information, objects, or facts that can be used to support or prove something?
Investigation
Suspect
Culprit
Evidence
Which term describes a systematic process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting information to answer questions or solve problems?
Investigation
Forensic Science
Bias
Perspective
What is the application of scientific methods and techniques to the analysis of evidence in legal cases?
Culprit
Forensic Science
Hypothesis
Tread
Who is a person believed to be involved in a crime or under investigation for possible involvement?
Culprit
Suspect
Evidence
Investigation
Which term refers to the person responsible for committing a crime or wrongdoing?
Suspect
Investigation
Evidence
Culprit
What is a preference or prejudice that can influence a person's judgment or interpretation of events?
Ethical
Bias
Perspective
Investigation
Which term means conforming to principles of morality and fairness?
Perspective
Bias
Ethical
Investigation
What is a particular point of view or way of looking at a situation?
Investigation
Perspective
Hypothesis
DNA
What is a proposed explanation or prediction that can be tested through investigation?
Hypothesis
Controlled Variable
Manipulated Variable
Responding Variable
In an experiment, what is kept constant to ensure that changes in the manipulated variable are the only factors affecting the responding variable?
Responding Variable
Controlled Variable
Manipulated Variable
Hypothesis
What refers to the variable intentionally changed or manipulated in an experiment?
Responding Variable
Hypothesis
Manipulated Variable
Ethical
What is the variable observed or measured to determine the outcome of an experiment?
Responding Variable
Data
Conclusion
Observation
What molecule contains the genetic instructions for the development and functioning of living organisms?
Chromatography
DNA
Stride
Core
What term describes the distance between successive placements of the same foot while walking?
Tread
Pace
Stride
Composite
What is the pattern on the bottom of a shoe, which can be used for identification?
Tread
Stride
Pace
Pace
What is the length of a full step in walking?
Stride
Dichotomous Key
Pace
Composite
What is a tool used in the identification of organisms or objects by presenting a series of choices leading to the correct name or classification?
Fair Test
Arch
Loop
Dichotomous Key
What is an experiment in which only the manipulated variable is allowed to influence the responding variable?
Fair Test
DNA
Delta
Core
What fingerprint pattern is characterized by raised ridges that flow from one side to the other without any backward turn?
Whorl
Arch
Loop
Composite
Which fingerprint pattern has ridges that flow in one direction and then recurve back in the opposite direction?
Loop
Whorl
Arch
Delta
What fingerprint pattern has ridges forming circular or spiral patterns?
Whorl
Loop
Arch
Fork
What is a fingerprint pattern that combines two or more other patterns?
Core
Delta
Composite
Ridge Ending
In forensics, what is a triangular region found in loop fingerprints?
Delta
Core
Fork
Chromatography
What is the central point in a fingerprint pattern from which ridges radiate?
Core
Ridge Ending
Delta
Fork
What is the point where a ridge in a fingerprint pattern terminates?
Ridge Ending
Fork
Delta
Composite
In a fingerprint pattern, what is a point where a ridge divides into two branches?
Fork
Delta
Arch
Loop
What technique is used to separate and analyze components of ink in order to match types of pens?
Chromatography
Graphology
DNA
Handwriting Analysis
What is the act of creating false documents, signatures, or imitations with the intent to deceive?
Forgery
Graphology
Arch
Loop
What is the study of handwriting, often used in forensic investigations to analyze the psychological traits of a person?
Arch
Graphology
Forgery
Chromatography
What term refers to the level of acidity in a substance, measured using a pH scale?
Particle Size
Acidity
Forgery
DNA
What does the term "Particle Size" refer to in forensic investigations?
The size of fingerprints
The length of a full step in walking
The level of acidity in a substance
The dimensions of individual particles in a substance
