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Forensics
Studies Weekly #4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to begin legal proceedings against a person | prosecute |
| a branch of medicine that uses science and a number of tests to find answers about a cause of death | forensic pathology |
| using the unique patterns found on fingers to make identification | fingerprinting |
| inspection of a body after death to determine the cause of death | autopsy |
| a process of separating mixtures into the parts they are made of | chromatography |
| a device used to determine whether or not a person is telling the truth | polygraph |
| the scientific study of the characteristics of bullets | ballistics |
| the use of science to answer questions about a crime | forensics |
| to examine carefully in detail to identify causes | analyze |
| the kind of person who shows up at a crime scene to gather, document, and analyze evidence | investigator |
| either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length | equinox |
| a kind of software that can help identify either victims or suspects in crimes that happened long ago--based on old pictures that the software changes | age progression |