chapter 13 quizizz

A substance that fluoresces in the soil would be considered individual evidence.

False

An American is credited with being the first to use soil evidence to solve a crime.

False

Dark soils contain mostly clay.

False

Finding the refractive index of soils is a good way to characterize them.

False

LABRADOR is the acronym for trained cadaver dogs used to respond to the scents of a decomposing body.

False

Sand containing skeletal remains of marine organisms is called oolitic sand.

False

The presence of artifacts in the soil prohibits forensic investigations of the soil.

False

The use of a magnet would help in identifying limestone in soil.

False

A mineral is defined as any naturally occurring crystalline solid.

True

During physical analysis of soil, forensic analysts examine how the soil is sorted.

True

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with gas chromatography (GC) analysis has proven nearly 100 percent accurate in comparing soil samples.

True

Organic material is carbon-based material.

True

Quartz does not easily undergo chemical weathering.

True

Quartz is usually found at the bottom of a density gradient.

True

Soil locations have distinctive physical and chemical characteristics.

True

Soil samples are similar to, but not as specific as fingerprints.

True

Soil would most often be considered class evidence.

True

Sometimes certain materials within the soil will fluoresce.

True

Today, forensic soil analysis is used to estimate PMI using microbes in the soil.

True