Forensic Science -- Module Forensic Entomology
questions with verified answers
Accumulated Degree Days Ans✓✓✓ (ADD) This is a measurement of
thermal units needed for the proper growth and development of an
arthropod. This is based on a 24 hour period of time.
accumulated degree hours Ans✓✓✓ the number of hours at an
adjusted average temperature it takes for an insect species to develop
to a given stage
Bacterial decay is Ans✓✓✓ enteric (occurs in the intestines) and is
environmental
Blowfly Ans✓✓✓ The first insect to arrive on a corpse, attracted to the
smell
chrysalis Ans✓✓✓ pupa enclosed in a cocoon for protection
Early post mortem changes in putrefaction include: Ans✓✓✓ rigor
mortis, livor mortis, algor mortis
Fly larva form ____ and rapidly consume all available tissues. Ans✓✓✓
"maggot masses"
, Fly life cycle: Ans✓✓✓ egg, 1st stage larva, 2nd stage larva, 3rd stage
larva, puparium and fly
Forensic entomology is based on Ans✓✓✓ the analysis of insects and
other invertebrates sequentially colonizing a corpse as decomposition
progresses and on the developmental stages of their offspring
insect succession Ans✓✓✓ a predictable sequence of changing species
that inhabit a decomposing body
Larval feeding begins in the areas of egg deposition and subsequently
____. Ans✓✓✓ expands throughout the remains
metamorphosis Ans✓✓✓ a transformation or dramatic change
New types of insects such as moths, mites and beetles colonize ____.
Ans✓✓✓ older remains to consume more rigorous, uneaten tissues
Postmortem interval Ans✓✓✓ the time elapsed since a person has
died.
True or false: decomposers can help in postmortem detection of drugs,
poisons and toxins. Ans✓✓✓ true
questions with verified answers
Accumulated Degree Days Ans✓✓✓ (ADD) This is a measurement of
thermal units needed for the proper growth and development of an
arthropod. This is based on a 24 hour period of time.
accumulated degree hours Ans✓✓✓ the number of hours at an
adjusted average temperature it takes for an insect species to develop
to a given stage
Bacterial decay is Ans✓✓✓ enteric (occurs in the intestines) and is
environmental
Blowfly Ans✓✓✓ The first insect to arrive on a corpse, attracted to the
smell
chrysalis Ans✓✓✓ pupa enclosed in a cocoon for protection
Early post mortem changes in putrefaction include: Ans✓✓✓ rigor
mortis, livor mortis, algor mortis
Fly larva form ____ and rapidly consume all available tissues. Ans✓✓✓
"maggot masses"
, Fly life cycle: Ans✓✓✓ egg, 1st stage larva, 2nd stage larva, 3rd stage
larva, puparium and fly
Forensic entomology is based on Ans✓✓✓ the analysis of insects and
other invertebrates sequentially colonizing a corpse as decomposition
progresses and on the developmental stages of their offspring
insect succession Ans✓✓✓ a predictable sequence of changing species
that inhabit a decomposing body
Larval feeding begins in the areas of egg deposition and subsequently
____. Ans✓✓✓ expands throughout the remains
metamorphosis Ans✓✓✓ a transformation or dramatic change
New types of insects such as moths, mites and beetles colonize ____.
Ans✓✓✓ older remains to consume more rigorous, uneaten tissues
Postmortem interval Ans✓✓✓ the time elapsed since a person has
died.
True or false: decomposers can help in postmortem detection of drugs,
poisons and toxins. Ans✓✓✓ true
