Vocabulary Terms
Characteristics of Fingerprints
Identify the Pattern
Fingerprint Evidence
Minutiae
100
A center of a loop or whorl
What is CORE
100
What are the 3 types of fingerprints?
What is... Arches Loops Whorls
100

Identify this Ridge Pattern Type

Whorl

100

A hidden fingerprint made visible through the use of powders or other techniques is called..

Latent Fingerprint

100

Identify the minutiae

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Delta

200
A triangular ridge pattern with ridges that go in different directions above and below a triangle
What is DELTA
200
What characteristics are fingerprints named for?
What is General visual appearance and patterns.
200

Identify the Ridge Pattern Type

loop

200

a visible fingerprint that happens when fingers with blood, ink, or some other substance on them touch a surface and transfer the pattern of their fingerprint to the surface

Patent Fingerprint

200

Identify the minutiae

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Fork/Biforcation

300
A combination of details in the shapes and position of ridges in fingerprints that make each unique; also called a ridge
What is MINUTIAE
300
A fingerprint pattern in which the ridge pattern originates from one side of the print and leaves from the other side
What is ARCH.
300

Identify what type of Whorl Pattern this is 

Central Pocket Loop Whorl 

300

a visible fingerprint that happens when fingers with blood, ink, or some other substance on them touch a surface and transfer the pattern of their fingerprint to the surface

Patent Fingerprint

300

Identify the Minutiae

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Ridge Ending

400
The recognizable pattern of the ridges found in the end joints of the fingers that form lines on the surface of objects in a fingerprint
What is RIDGE PATTERN
400
What type of fingerprint does the highest percentage (65%) of the population have?
What is loops.
400

Identify what type of Arch Pattern this is

Tented Arch

400

a three-dimensional fingerprint made in soft material such as clay, soap, or putty

Plastic Fingerprint

400

Identify the Minutiae

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Hook/Spur

500
A form used to record and preserve a person's fingerprints
What is TEN CARD
500
A fingerprint pattern in which the ridge pattern flows inward and returns in the direction of the origin.
What is LOOP.
500

Identify the Type of whorl pattern this is

Double Loop Whorl

500

A fingerprint is left on a wine glass, what method for lifting the print should you use, powder, or a chemical?

powder

500

Identify the Minutiae


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Island/Short ridge

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