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History of Fingerprints

History of Fingerprints

Assessment

Interactive Video

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Science

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9th - 12th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

Created by

Suzanne Berryhill

Used 2+ times

FREE Resource

6 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did investigators find at the scene of Joseph Riebel's murder?

Bloody shoeprints

A shard of glass with bloody fingerprints

Blood spatter

A knife dripping in blood

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

While people have known about fingerprints for centuries, when did scientists begin to classify fingerprints?

The 1600's

The 1700's

The 1800's

The 1900's

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Impressions left in a surface, like plaster, are the type of fingerprint known as_________.

Patent

Plastic

Latent

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Latent fingerprints on a non-porous surface are

visible to the eye

require spraying with ninhydrin

require dusting with powder

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Ninhydrin is used to find

visible fingerprints

fingerprints on porous surfaces

fingerprints on non-pourous surfaces

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What can make fingerprint evidence difficult to match?

Human error

Smudges

Overlayed prints

All of these

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