Fingerprints

What main fingerprint pattern is this? (Left Hand)

• Loop

• Arch

• Whorl

• Latent

What main type of fingerprint pattern is this?

• Loop

• Whorl

• Arch

• Bifurcation

What is the name of this minutiae?

• Bifurcation

• Splitting Ridge

• Delta

• Y

When are fingerprints formed?

• When you are a teenager

• During fetal development/in the womb

• By the time you are two years old

• At birth

A fingerprint pattern will remain unchanged for the life of an individual; however, the print itself may change due to scars and disease.

• True

• False

Prints that are not readily visible are called _____ prints.

• latent

• visbile

• plastic

The lines on your fingers that make a pattern are called...

• cores.

• deltas.

• ridges.

• arches.

Which of the following items have you learned since we started talking about fingerprints? (Check all that apply)

• Fingerprints are INDIVIDUAL, and more distinct than even DNA.

• Minutiae (details of ridges) are needed to positively identify a print.

• Prints from the palm and foot are individual as well.

• Fingerprints have been used in criminal cases since the late1800's.

• Even after IAFIS finds a "match", a LATENT PRINT EXAMINER must verify it, and may be asked to appear in court and testify during a case.

What is the evolutionary purpose of the ridges that create our fingerprints?

• to identity individuals

• there is no purpose

• to grasp objects

• to protect your fingers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

IAFIS is the...

• FBI fingerprint database.

• CIA DNA database.

• International union of forensic scientists.

• national child database.