GRADE 6 SCIENCE EVIDENCE AND INVESTIGATION

1. GRADE 6 SCIENCEEVIDENCE AND INVESTIGATION TERMINOLOGY REVIEW

2. INSTRUCTIONS • The definition or question will appear at the top of the screen. • The multiple choice answers will then be listed. • The answers will be followed by the prompt to identify the correct answer. • The correct answer will be the last item displayed.

3. Fingerprints are an important form of evidence at crime scenes. The next 8 questions deal with fingerprints. • Investigators classify fingerprints according to how they are left at the scene of a crime. • For the next three questions, match the description of how the fingerprints are classified with the print name.

4. 1) Which statement best describes a Patent fingerprint? • Fingerprints that can be seen with the naked eye. Fingers that have dirt, blood, ink or paint on them typically leave this form of print. • Fingerprints that are invisible to the naked eye. Investigators use dusting with powder, lasers or other strong light sources and heated super glue to expose these prints. • Fingerprints that leave an impression in soft objects like soap, clay, wax or wet cement. • The answer is • A. Fingerprints that can be seen with the naked eye.

5. 2) Which statement best describes a plastic or impressed fingerprint? • Fingerprints that can be seen with the naked eye. Fingers that have dirt, blood, ink or paint on them typically leave this form of print. • Fingerprints that are invisible to the naked eye. Investigators use dusting with powder, lasers or other strong light sources and heated super glue to expose these prints. • Fingerprints that leave an impression in soft objects like soap, clay, wax or wet cement. • The answer is • C. Fingerprints that leave an impression in a substance.

6. 3) Which statement best describes a latent fingerprint? • Fingerprints that can be seen with the naked eye. Fingers that have dirt, blood, ink or paint on them typically leave this form of print. • Fingerprints that are invisible to the naked eye. Investigators use dusting with powder, lasers or other strong light sources and heated super glue to expose these prints. • Fingerprints that leave an impression in soft objects like soap, clay, wax or wet cement. • The answer is • B. Fingerprints that are invisible to the naked eye.

7. 4) Which of the following is not an accepted method of collecting fingerprints from a crime scene? • By dusting surfaces for latent prints. • By taking photographs of patent prints. • Spray painting surfaces to identify smudges or other irregularities left by fingers or palms. • By collecting soft objects with visible plastic prints. • The answer is • C. Spray painting surfaces to identify smudges or other irregularities left by fingers or palms.

8. 5) Investigators collect fingerprints evidence from a list of sources at a crime scene. Which of the following would likely be excluded from that list? • Investigators collect fingerprint evidence from possible suspects. • Investigators collect fingerprint evidence from investigators at the crime scene. • Investigators collect fingerprint evidence from the crime scene itself. • Investigators collect fingerprint evidence from victims of the crime. • The answer is • B) Investigators collect fingerprint evidence from investigators at the crime scene.

9. 6) Which of the following is not one of the finger -print classes used by criminal investigators? • Arches • Loops • Waves • Whorls • The correct answer is • C) Waves are not one of the three finger print classes

10. 7) Which of the following is not an accepted principle of fingerprinting? • Fingerprints have general characteristic ridge patterns that allow them to be systematically identified. • A fingerprint is an individual characteristic (no two people have been found with the exact same fingerprint pattern). • Fingerprint patterns naturally change as you age. • The answer is • C) Fingerprint patterns naturally change as you age.

11. 8) Definition: A person connected with committing a crime. • Suspect • Accomplice • Perpetrator • Offender • Witness • The correct answer is • B) Accomplice

12. 9) Definition: A series of steps scientists use to solve a problem. • Research • Experiment • Data Analysis • Scientific Method • Observation. • The answer is • D) Scientific Method

13. 10) Definition: An account of where a suspect was or who they were with at the time of a crime. • Evidence • Testimony • Alibi • Clue • The answer is • C) Alibi

14. 11) Definition: To use a system to group information into categories. • Data • Data analysis • Examine • Classify • The answer is • D) Classify

15. 12) Definition: A person who saw or can give a firsthand account of a crime. • Witness • Accomplice • Perpetrator • Suspect • Offender • The answer is • A) Witness

16. 13) Definition: The study of the natural world. • Forensic Science • Science • Data Analysis • Experiment • Research • The answer is • B) Science

17. 14) Definition: A summary of the results of the experimentation and a statement of how the results relate to the hypothesis. • Prediction • Conclusion • Prediction • Observation • Investigation • The answer is • B) Conclusion

18. 15) Definition: A person who is harmed or suffers some loss. • Accomplice • Victim • Suspect • Offender • Perpetrator • The answer is • B) Victim

19. 16) Definition: A fact or an object that helps to solve a crime. • Evidence • Trace Evidence • Clue • Data • The correct answer is • C) Clue

20. 17) Definition: Anything found at a crime scene or on a victim in small but measurable amounts. • Clue • Evidence • Data • Trace Evidence • The answer is • D) Trace Evidence

21. 18) Definition: A group of measurements, facts or statistics. • Evidence • Data • Trace Evidence • Research • Experiment • The answer is • B) Data

22. 19) Definition: The method of collecting information and data about a topic being studied. • Research • Experiment • Forensic Science • Investigation • Examine • The answer is • A) Research

23. 20) Definition: An act committed in violation of the law. • Break-in • Robbery • Crime • Larceny • Petty Larceny • The correct answer is • C) Crime

24. 21) Definition: A person thought to have committed a crime. • Suspect • Perpetrator • Offender • Accomplice • Witness • The correct answer is • A) Suspect

25. 22) Definition: A forecast of future events based on previous observations and experiments. • Hypothesis • Identify • Predict • Hunch • Examine • The correct answer is • C) Predict

26. 23) Definition: To infer by logical reasoning. • Deduce • Predict • Motive • Hunch • Clue • The correct answer is • A) Deduce

27. 24) Definition: To organize and examine collected data using narratives, charts, graphs, or tables. • Classify • Identify • Measure • Data Analysis • Deduce • The correct answer is • D) Data Analysis

28. 25) Definition: The location where a crime has been committed. • Bank • Laboratory • Investigation • Crime Scene • Police Line • The correct answer is • D) Crime Scene

29. 26) Definition: An idea about the solution to a problem that can be tested or investigated. • Hunch • Clue • Hypothesis • Predict • Examine • The correct answer is • C) Hypothesis

30. 27) Definition: The steps used to test a hypothesis. • Criminal Investigation • Experiment • Investigation • Forensic Science • Research • The correct answer is • B) Experiment

31. 28) Definition: A person who has allegedly committed a crime. • Victim • Witness • Offender • Suspect • Perpetrator • The correct answer is • E) Perpetrator

32. 29) Definition: To look closely at somebody or something. • Stare • Examine • Observation • Research • Investigation • The correct answer is • E) Examine

33. 30) Definition: A person accused of a crime. • Offender • Perpetrator • Accomplice • Suspect • Victim • The correct answer is • A) Offender

34. 31) Definition: An item used as proof in a crime. • Security footage (video tape). • Evidence • Clue • Data • Motive • The correct answer is • B) Evidence

35. 32) Definition: The study of evidence in order to solve crimes and convict criminals. • Investigation • Experiment • Forensic Science • Research • Scientific Method • The correct answer is • C) Forensic Science

36. 33) Definition: To use the senses to gather information about an object or event. • Investigation • Examine • Observation • Measure • Research • The correct answer is • C) Observation

37. 34) Definition: A feeling not based on known facts. • Motive • Hypothesis • Predict • Clue • Hunch • The correct answer is • E) Hunch

38. 35) Definition: A system of assigning numbers to an observation. • Measure • Data Analysis • Examine • Classify • Predict • The correct answer is • A) Measure

39. 36) Definition: The reason a person does something or acts in a certain way. • Alibi • Conclusion • Motive • Deduce • Clue • The correct answer is • C) Motive

40. 37) Definition: To name or recognize a person, place, or thing. • Identify • Investigate • Witness • Deduce • Observation • The correct answer is • A) Identify

41. 38) Definition: The procedure of collecting evidence by law enforcement officers to solve a crime. • Examine • Research • Investigation • Observation • Experiment • The correct answer is • C) Investigation.