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Adam Sedgwick, an Uncommon card
Adam Sedgwick was a British geologist and Anglican priest, one of the founders of modern geology.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 53
- Power
- 122
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 122 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Adam Sedgwick quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Adam Sedgwick card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He proposed the Cambrian and Devonian period of the ______ timescale.
Answer
geological. He proposed the Cambrian and Devonian period of the geological timescale. From the Adam Sedgwick article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Based on work which he did on Welsh rock strata, he proposed the Cambrian period in ____, in a joint publication in which Roderick Murchison also proposed the Silurian period.
Answer
1830s. Based on work which he did on Welsh rock strata, he proposed the Cambrian period in 1835, in a joint publication in which Roderick Murchison also proposed the Silurian period. From the Adam Sedgwick article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He proposed the Cambrian and Devonian period of the geological timescale.
- Based on work which he did on Welsh rock strata, he proposed the Cambrian period in 1835, in a joint publication in which Roderick Murchison also proposed the Silurian period.
- Later in 1840, to resolve what later became known as the Great Devonian Controversy about rocks near the boundary between the Silurian and Carboniferous periods, he and Murchison proposed the Devonian period.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Adam Sedgwick article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 53: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Adam Sedgwick (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ernest Edwards, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
