Forensic Sciences

Question 1

Arson

Answer 1

Deliberately lighting a fire

Question 2

Ballistics

Answer 2

The study of guns and ammunition

Question 3

Circumstantial evidence

Answer 3

Evidence that points towards a suspect but doesn’t immediately prove them guilty

Question 4

Core body temperature

Answer 4

37 degrees Celsius of a healthy human

Question 5

Corpse

Answer 5

Dead body

Question 6

Crime scene unit (CSU)

Answer 6

Specialist who collect and bag evidence

Question 7

DNA

Answer 7

Deoxyribonucleic avid

Question 8

Fibres

Answer 8

Strands of materials such as hair, wool and polyesters

Question 9

Fingerprints

Answer 9

Patterns of the ridges found on the finger tips and tips of toes

Question 10

Homicide

Answer 10

Murder or man slaughter of another human

Question 11

Impressions

Answer 11

Track marks

Question 12

Negative impressions

Answer 12

An impression formed by a material gathering in recessed, such as the grooves in a tyre or shoe

Question 13

Non-porous

Answer 13

Doesn’t absorb liquids such as body oils

Question 14

Pathology

Answer 14

The study of disease and cause of death

Question 15

Physical evidence

Answer 15

Large pieces of evidence

Question 16

Porous

Answer 16

Absorbs body oils

Question 17

Positive impressions

Answer 17

An exact image, such as the pattern of a shoe or a tyre

Question 18

Tool mark

Answer 18

Characteristic marks left by a tool

Question 19

Toxicology

Answer 19

The study of the effects of poisons and chemicals on the body

Question 20

Trace evidence

Answer 20

Microscopic evidence such as fibres or DNA

Question 21

Alpha rays

Answer 21

Form of nuclear radiation

Question 22

Anthropometry

Answer 22

Study of body size and proportions

Question 23

Arches

Answer 23

A form of fingerprints in the shape of arches

Question 24

Assassination

Answer 24

Political murder

Question 25

Autopsy

Answer 25

Dissection of body to determine cause of death

Question 26

Autoradiogram

Answer 26

Identifying the pattern they represents DNA patterning

Question 27

Bertillon system

Answer 27

A form of anthropometry in which body size and proportions are measured

Question 28

Biometric facial recognition

Answer 28

When a face is scanned and computer-matched with stored images of faces.

Question 29

CCTV

Answer 29

Closed circuit Tv

Question 30

Composite

Answer 30

A form of fingerprint

Question 31

Diatoms

Answer 31

Microscopic organisms found in water, each with a different shape

Question 32

Dioxins

Answer 32

A form of poison

Question 33

Gel electrophoresis

Answer 33

A process in which DNA is cut and analysed to produce an autoradiogram

Question 34

Identikit

Answer 34

Form of identification in which facial features are slotted together

Question 35

Loops

Answer 35

A form of fingerprints in the shape of loops

Question 36

Polonium-210

Answer 36

Radioactive material, used once as poison

Question 37

Retroactive interference

Answer 37

Changes in memory of an eyewitness after looking at other images

Question 38

Ricin

Answer 38

A form of poison

Question 39

Whorls

Answer 39

A form of fingerprint in the shape of whorls

Question 40

Binary code

Answer 40

The way a computer stores information 0 and 1

Question 41

Chromatography

Answer 41

The use of solvents to seperate the colours of ink and other materials

Question 42

Counterfeit

Answer 42

Fake, usually regarding banknotes

Question 43

ePassport

Answer 43

A passport that includes a chip recording personal information

Question 44

Extortion

Answer 44

Threats and blackmail

Question 45

Fluoresce

Answer 45

Shining due to a special light such as UV

Question 46

Identity fraud

Answer 46

Pretending to be someone else

Question 47

Intaglio

Answer 47

Raises printing

Question 48

Iris

Answer 48

Coloured ring of the muscle in the eye that controls the size of the pupil

Question 49

Polymer film

Answer 49

Plastic used to make banknotes

Question 50

Retina

Answer 50

The back of the eyeball

Question 51

Smart gate

Answer 51

Gate that electronically reads ePassports