Fingerprints

No two people have been found with exactly the same fingerprint pattern.

• True

• False

How many times will your fingerprint pattern change throughout your life?

• Three times

• Your fingerprint pattern will change anytime you get a scar or due to skin disease.

• The pattern will never change.

• It will change as you grow from a baby to an adult.

Identify the WHORL fingerprint pattern.

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Identify the loop fingerprint pattern.

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Identify the arch fingerprint pattern.

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What percentage of the population have a whorl pattern?

• 60% of the population

• 5% of the population

• 65% of the population

• About 30% of the population

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

Which fingerprint pattern is the most common?

• Loop

• Arch

• Whorl

• Ridge

Which fingerprint pattern is the most rare?

• Delta

• Loop

• Arch

• Whorl

The core of a fingerprint can be found in:

• the centre of a whorl or loop

• the centre of a delta

• the centre of a ridge

Label the diagram.

• A: Ridge count area

  B: Delta

  C: Core

• A: Delta

  B: Ridge count area

  C: Core

• A: Core

  B: Ridge count area

  C: Delta

• A: Core

  B: Delta

  C: Ridge count area