Fingerprint

High school (ages 12+)
Human Body

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/fingerprint

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What are fingerprints?Fingerprints are the tiny patterns of ridges on the skin of your fingertips. They form while you are still in the womb and stay the same for your whole life.
2. Why are fingerprints so special?Each person's fingerprints are different because the ridges form from a mix of genes and tiny movements in the womb. Even twins have slightly different patterns.

Friction Ridges: The raised lines on the skin of fingers, palms, and soles that form unique patterns.
Volar Pads: Embryonic structures on the fingers and palms that influence the formation of fingerprint ridges.
Stochastic Processes: Random or chance events that contribute to the unique formation of fingerprint minutiae.