Forensic Entomology questions with verified
answers
1 (stage of Decomposing Body) Ans✓✓✓ Fresh-warm, newly dead
body
10 Ans✓✓✓ How many different plants are in a habitat sample?
10 degrees celcius Ans✓✓✓ Most insects lower limit threshold
2(stage of Decomposing Body) Ans✓✓✓ Bloated- corpse emitting
odors of decaying flesh
3(stage of Decomposing Body) Ans✓✓✓ Decay- body emitting gases of
decay w/ strong odors; darkened tissues
4(stage of Decomposing Body) Ans✓✓✓ Active (advanced) decay-
organism starting to dry out, most of flesh is gone
5(stage of Decomposing Body) Ans✓✓✓ Dry, or skeletal, decay- mostly
bones remain.
Accumulated Degree Hours Ans✓✓✓ Average number of hours in an
average uncontrolled environment that it takes an insect species to
, reach a particular stage of development compared to the constant
laboratory setting temperature.
ADH Ans✓✓✓ A constant used to determine how long insects have
been present when temp. is not ideal
Algae and Diatoms Ans✓✓✓ to determine where a victim drowned
investigators can look at what type of plant evidence
assemblages Ans✓✓✓ Groups of plants usually dominated by one
species
Blowfly Life Cycle Ans✓✓✓ Egg, Larva 1,Larva 2, Larva 3, prepupa,
early and late pupa, Adult
empty Ans✓✓✓ an ________ pupal case signals that a body has been
in an area long enough for the blowfly to complete its full life cycle
Flies Ans✓✓✓ These insects arrive first after death, sometimes within
minutes
Forensic Botany Ans✓✓✓ The application of plant science to crime-
scene analysis for use in the resolution of legal cases
answers
1 (stage of Decomposing Body) Ans✓✓✓ Fresh-warm, newly dead
body
10 Ans✓✓✓ How many different plants are in a habitat sample?
10 degrees celcius Ans✓✓✓ Most insects lower limit threshold
2(stage of Decomposing Body) Ans✓✓✓ Bloated- corpse emitting
odors of decaying flesh
3(stage of Decomposing Body) Ans✓✓✓ Decay- body emitting gases of
decay w/ strong odors; darkened tissues
4(stage of Decomposing Body) Ans✓✓✓ Active (advanced) decay-
organism starting to dry out, most of flesh is gone
5(stage of Decomposing Body) Ans✓✓✓ Dry, or skeletal, decay- mostly
bones remain.
Accumulated Degree Hours Ans✓✓✓ Average number of hours in an
average uncontrolled environment that it takes an insect species to
, reach a particular stage of development compared to the constant
laboratory setting temperature.
ADH Ans✓✓✓ A constant used to determine how long insects have
been present when temp. is not ideal
Algae and Diatoms Ans✓✓✓ to determine where a victim drowned
investigators can look at what type of plant evidence
assemblages Ans✓✓✓ Groups of plants usually dominated by one
species
Blowfly Life Cycle Ans✓✓✓ Egg, Larva 1,Larva 2, Larva 3, prepupa,
early and late pupa, Adult
empty Ans✓✓✓ an ________ pupal case signals that a body has been
in an area long enough for the blowfly to complete its full life cycle
Flies Ans✓✓✓ These insects arrive first after death, sometimes within
minutes
Forensic Botany Ans✓✓✓ The application of plant science to crime-
scene analysis for use in the resolution of legal cases
