Assignment:
Your final project will give you insight into a less known career in forensics called "Forensic Entomology'. This career is highly dependent upon quality crime scene investigation skills. Please read the attached document for an introduction to Forensic Entomology then complete the instructions at the end of the document for your "Final Project".
The worksheet for your project is attached below and is labeled "Solving Crimes with the Necrobiome-
Final Project: Forensic Entomology
Please watch the video at the following link (https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom¬resources/solving-crimes-necrobiome). Then using what you have learned from the video, answer the following in the attached document named "Solving Crimes with the Necrobiome".
PROCEDURE
Using what you've learned from the video, answer the following questions in the spaces provided.
1. Death is a major event not only for the person who dies but also for the microbes that inhabit their body. Which of the following statements best describes why?
a. All the microbes that were living inside the person's body die when the person dies.
b. Microbial populations grow and spread to different areas of the body after the person dies.
c. Microbes in the body have fewer resources after the person dies, which increases competition.
2. Which of the following statements about cadavers (dead bodies) is most likely to be true?
a. Microbial communities in and around a cadaver change over time.
b. Samples taken from different cadavers always contain the same microbes.
c. The microbial community found in a cadaver is very similar to the one found in a living body.
3. After death, gases build up inside the body and cause the skin to rupture (break open). Rupture is a significant event because microbes from outside the body can now access the inside. Which of the following can be a source of the microbes that enter the body after it ruptures? Select all that apply.
a. skin
b. air
c. soil
d. insects
4. Describe how the scientists in the video are using microbes to create a tool to estimate the time since death.
5. The law of conservation of energy states that the amount of energy in an isolated system stays constant. In other words, energy cannot be created or destroyed; it just changes form. Explain how the decomposition of a cadaver demonstrates this law.