Fingerprints

A fingerprint is a(n) ________________________ characteristic.

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

• unchanged

• exact

• repeating

• changing

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

A fingerprint will remain _________________________ for the _______________ of the individual.

• unchanged, life

• changing, life

• unchanged, childhood

• different, adult years

Fingerprints have general characteristic _____________________ patterns that allow them to be systematically identified.

______________ are the most common fingerprint pattern.

• loops

• arches

• whorls

______________ are the least common fingerprint pattern.

• loops

• arches

• whorls

1. The study of friction ridge structures and their uniqueness is called ____________________.

• Dactyloscopy

• Anthropology

• Serology

• Ridgeology

The uniqueness of a pattern can be determined by the pattern as well as the _______________ points.

• void

• loop

• minutiae

• ending

Impressions left by friction ridge skin on objects such as a door handle, window, or other objects are called _______________ _______________.

___________________ is a chemical that bonds with amino acids in fingerprints and will produce a blue or purple color.

• super glue

• ninhydrin

• cyano acrylate

• acetic acid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2