Blood Lab

.pdf

School

Coronado High School *

*We aren’t endorsed by this school

Course

238

Subject

Chemistry

Date

May 5, 2024

Type

pdf

Pages

10

Uploaded by ChefBee1911 on coursehero.com

© eScience Labs, 2016 Blood PRE-LAB QUESTIONS 1. List three circumstances that a CSI may be able to determine from a bloodstain pattern. - Type of bloodstain patterns present. - Direction of travel of the blood drops. - Distance of the blood source to the target surface. 2. Label Parts A - C in the figure below. A. Spine B. Satellite Splatter C. Parent Drop Image of blood spatter for labeling.
© eScience Labs, 2016 Blood 3. You are investigating a crime scene where a victim was stabbed multiple times while they were incapacitated on the floor next to a wall. Estimate the number of stab wounds based on the bloodstain pattern in the figure below. Explain how you determined your answer. There is likely 6 stab wounds, because there appears to be 6 parent drops.
© eScience Labs, 2016 Blood An image of blood spatter for question 3.
© eScience Labs, 2016 Blood EXPERIMENT 1: BLOODSTAIN ANALYSIS - HEIGHT AND VOLUME Data Tables Table 1: Bloodstain Diameter of a Single Drop at Varying Distances Distance from Impact (cm) Bloodstain Diameter (mm) Observations 15 5 Circular stain, not much splatter 30 7 Circular stain, like 15 cm; no splatter 45 10 Larger, circular stain, no splatter 60 11 Circular stain, not much splatter 75 15 Much larger stain, circular stain, some splatter 100 15 Large stains, much more splatter, messier and not as defined in shape Table 2: Bloodstain Diameter of Varying Drops at the Same Distance Number of Drops Bloodstain Diameter (mm) Observations 1 5 Circular stain; small and neat 2 10 One big stain one small stain, both circular 3 15 Landed on top of each other; created a clump of stains 4 10 Messier stains; somewhat separated from each other 5 8 Stains differ in size; spread apart from each other 6 8 Stains differ in size; less defined and some piled on top of each other
Your preview ends here
Eager to read complete document? Join bartleby learn and gain access to the full version
  • Access to all documents
  • Unlimited textbook solutions
  • 24/7 expert homework help