Fingerprint Analysis Quiz

What is the evolutionary purpose of fingerprints?

• for identity
• there is no purpose
• to help grasp objects
• the ridges protect your fingers

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

A fingerprint is considered individual evidence.

• False
• True

Do two people ever have the same fingerprints?

• yes
• no

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.

Which fingerprint pattern is the most common?

• Loop

• Arch

• Whorl

• Ridge

True or False: Loops can face either direction.

• True

• False

Identical twins have:

• Identical fingerprints
• Different fingerprints

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

The Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) is run by the FBI and contains over 64 million prints on file.

• True

• False

What is the name of the pattern shown?

• Loop

• Whorl

• Arch

What is the name of the pattern shown here?

• Whorl

• Arch

• Loop