Forensic Science - Fingerprints

When are fingerprints formed?

• When you are a teenager
• During fetal development
• By the time you are two years old
• At birth

Do two people ever have the same fingerprints?

• yes
• no

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

The person most responsible for the fingerprint system used in the U.S. today is:

• Edward Henry

• Henry Ford

• William Herschel

• Alphonse Bertillon

There are no exact legal requirements in the United States on the number of points that must match before deciding that a fingerprint belongs to a certain individual.

• True

• False

A fingerprint is considered individual evidence.

• False
• True

The three main types of fingerprints are classified as

• Loops, whorls and deltas

• Whorls, bifurications and arches

• Loops, whorls and arches

• Arches, core and deltas

The most common type of fingerprint pattern is the:

• loop

• whorl

• arch

• swirl

Over 60% of the population has this type of pattern.

• loops

• whorls

• arches

• ripples

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

About 30% of the population has this type of pattern.

• loops

• whorls

• arches

• ripples

About 6% of the population has this general type of pattern.

• loops

• whorls

• arches

• ripples

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-3