Entomology and Anthropology Review

The analysis of differences in skeletal remains to determine identity is

• Forensic entomology

• Forensic archaeology

• Forensic science

• Forensic anthropology

What can be determined by examining bones?

• age

• race

• height

• All of these

The arm and leg bones can be used to determine forensic height

• true
• false

Which is the most reliable bone to determine the sex of a skeleton? 

• Femur
• Skull
• Pelvic bone
• Collarbone

The pelvis in the picture is most likely

• male
• female

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One of the  ways to determine the race using bones is by examining the :

• the pelvis
• the leg bones
• skull
• the occipital bump

What CANNOT be determined by examining bones?

• age

• race

• weight

• gender

What is ADH?

• The number of hours a dead body has been outside.

• The number of hours it takes for an insect species to become an adult.

• The number of hours a body has been dead.

• The number of hours it takes for an insect species to develop to a given stage.

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How are entomology and forensic entomology different?

• Entomology studies insects while forensic entomology studies insects in application to civil and criminal legal cases.

• Entomology studies insects in application to civil and criminal legal cases while forensic entomology studies insects.

• Trick! They are both the same.

• This is not the answer.

The three different larval stages of flies is a what?

• Crop

• Pupa

• Instar

• Spiracle