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Fingerprinting Experiment Concepts

Fingerprinting Experiment Concepts

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

3rd - 5th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

FREE Resource

The video tutorial guides viewers through a fingerprinting experiment, starting with a hypothesis that different fingers have unique patterns. It explains how to leave a fingerprint using forehead grease, apply baby powder to make it visible, and lift it using tape. The tutorial concludes with an analysis of different fingerprint patterns and encourages viewers to try the experiment themselves.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main hypothesis of the fingerprinting experiment?

Fingerprints cannot be lifted.

Fingerprints are identical for everyone.

Different fingers have different patterns.

All fingers have the same pattern.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the first step in leaving a fingerprint?

Rub your thumb on your cheek.

Press your thumb on a piece of paper.

Dip your thumb in water.

Rub your thumb on your forehead.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is it important to be gentle when applying baby powder to the fingerprint?

To change the fingerprint pattern.

To make the fingerprint colorful.

To make the fingerprint disappear.

To avoid smudging the fingerprint.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What tool is used to remove excess baby powder from the fingerprint?

A fan.

A vacuum cleaner.

A blower.

A hairdryer.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of using tape in the fingerprinting process?

To color the fingerprint.

To lift the fingerprint.

To enlarge the fingerprint.

To erase the fingerprint.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What pattern is observed on the thumb in the experiment?

Loop pattern.

Whorl pattern.

Spiral pattern.

Arch pattern.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which fingers were observed to have an arc pattern?

Thumb and index fingers.

Index and pinky fingers.

Middle and ring fingers.

Thumb and pinky fingers.

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