Chapter 8 Section #3 Worksheet

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14 questions
2

Blood may spatter when a ______________ is inflicted

2

In 1955, blood-spatter evidence was used by the defense in the _________________ case, helping to exonerate him.

2

When a person is injured and is bleeding, ___________________ acts on blood, pulling it downward toward the ground.

10

Analysis of a spatter pattern can aid in determining the:

2

When a drop of blood falls on a flat surface, the blood drop will have a _______________ surface.

2

The result is that the surface of the blood is ________________, giving the top of the blood spatter a spherical
appearance.

2

If any of the blood does overcome cohesion and separate from the main droplet of blood, it will form small secondary droplets known as _________________.

2

When blood falls from a height, or at a high velocity, It overcomes its natural cohesiveness, and ____________ from the main droplet

4

Draw a blood droplet with a spike and draw an arrow identifying the spike

4

Draw a blood droplet with a satellite and draw an arrow identifying the satellite

2

__________________—when a bloody object comes into contact with a surface and leaves a patterned blood image on the surface

2

______________—blood that is thrown from an object in motion

2

In 1902, _________________ first described the six patterns into which blood spatters could be classified.

1

If blood is dropped onto a smooth surface, such as glass or marble, the edge of the blood drop appears ____________ and circular.