Bugs, bones and botany

Question 1

What animal makes a good model for human decomposition?
Because it has about the same size ____ as humans.
it has little _____.
eat the same food groups, so same ____ ____.

Answer 1

Pigs
torso
hair
gut bacteria

Question 2

The first bug to feast on human remains is ___.

Answer 2

magots

Question 3

By counting the number of ____ a plant that was growing through a human skull as we can determine ______.

Answer 3

rings

how long the skull has been there

Question 4

When a body is dragged from one location to another location we can find some ____ ____ from the crime scene.

Answer 4

plant residues

Question 5

what are the 2 categories of firensic botany?

Answer 5

plants fragments you can see

those you cant

Question 6

which bone is used by forensic anthropologists to deterine sex of the victim? And for their stature?

Answer 6

plevic bone

limb bones, femur and tibia

Question 7

Hair tell you where one_____
Bones tell you where one______
Teeth tell you where one _______
Fingernails tell you where one ______

Answer 7

has been last few weeks
had been last 15 years
grew up
has been last months

Question 8

To find out the role of drugs in death we collect ___, ___ and ___ such as ____

Answer 8

blood
urine
tissues (liver)