rigor+mortis+lab

Honey Bennett Lab 11-1

Part A 1. 2 hours or less, OR over 48 hours 2. 12 hours 3. 2-6 hours 4. 15-36 hours 5. 2-6 hours 6. 2-6 hours

Part B 7. 2-6 hours but could be sooner because of warm temperatures 8. Even though he had been missing 48 hours, he was in cool temperatures so the rigor mortis slowed and it was as if he had been dead for 12 hours because his body rigor was at its peak (which was 12 hours) 9. anywhere from 2 hours- 36 hours but since he was in cool temperatures it could have slowed the rigor so closer to the 2-6 range. 10. 15-36 hours BUT sine she was exercising it could be closer to the 12 hour rane-so around 12- 15 hours-ish. 11. It could be either before 2 hours, or after 48. The reason it could be either is because before 2 hours there are no signs of rigor, and after 48 hours the signs have totally disappeared 12. 12 hours—the body is completely rigid 13. to be completely rigid it would be 12 hours, but if he was found in snow—then it speeds up the process is was def. faster then that around 2-6 hours 14. anytime under 6 hours because the heat accelerates the rigor also.

11-2

Part A 1. 32.2-.78=31.42…so around an hour a little bit less 2. The body temperatures are the same, but he has been dead longer because of the winter temperatures which slows the mortis down. 3. Around 9 hours because you just keep subtracting .78 from 32.2 until you get 25.9 4. Around 38 hours, you do the same thing you did in number 3, you just subtract .39 after 12 hours 5. 55…still the same thing as the two answers above 6. Around 5 hours a little more, 7. Around 11 hours

Part B 1. slower because it would be colder 2. slower because it was be colder also 3. you would have a fever so you would be warmer—it would go faster 4. you would decompose faster because you were in a lake