TOD part 2

Under normal circumstances, approximately how many degrees will a body cool during the first 12 hours?

• 0 degrees

• 2.5 degrees

• 1.4 degrees

• 5 degrees

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Use your algor mortis cheat sheet to determine approximate time of death for a body with a temperature of 83 degrees.

• 6 hours ago

• 11 hours ago

• 13 hours ago

• more than 24 hours ago

Exercising prior to death causes rigor mortis to occur

• faster

• slower

A cold environment causes algor mortis to occur

• faster

• slower

Algor mortis stands for

• Telling time of death using body stiffness

• Telling time of death using blood pulling

• Telling time of death using temperature loss

If a victim has a temperature of 85.4 °F how many hours has the person been dead for

• 8 hours and 10 minutes

• 7 hours and 30 minutes

• 8 hours and 40 minutes

• 9 hours and 15 minutes

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4