Fingerprint Forensics: Unlocking Identities
This worksheet introduces 7th-grade students to the basics of fingerprint identification, including types of patterns and their use in forensic science.
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Fingerprint Forensics: Unlocking Identities
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will test your knowledge of fingerprints and their role in forensic science.
1. What is the primary characteristic that makes fingerprints useful for identification?
They are easily altered.
They are identical for all people.
They are unique and permanent.
They change over time.
2. Which of the following is NOT a basic fingerprint pattern?
Arch
Loop
Spiral
Whorl
3. The study of fingerprints is called .
4. Fingerprints are formed by ridges on the skin of our and toes.
5. Identical twins have identical fingerprints.
True
False
6. Briefly explain how fingerprints are used in criminal investigations.
7. Observe the image below. What type of fingerprint pattern does it most resemble?
