1) which of the three types of fingerprints was the fingerprint that you examines (loop, arch, or whorl)? within that print, what minutiae did you see?
2) compare the print of your with your own. describe the similarities and differences between the two fingerprints.
3) imagine that you are alphonse bertillon and you are trying to explain why you think fingerprints can be so useful to solve crimes. what would you say to persuade them? pretend you are explaining to someone who has never noticed fingerprints or thought about what they are.