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Alternation of generations, an Uncommon card
Alternation of generations is the predominant type of life cycle in plants and algae.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 144
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 45,000
Power 144 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Alternation of generations quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alternation of generations card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ haploid spores germinate and grow into multicellular haploid gametophytes.
Answer
resulting. The resulting haploid spores germinate and grow into multicellular haploid gametophytes. From the Alternation of generations article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Meadow. Meadow 71,000 · Alternation of generations 45,000 · Trans–New Guinea languages 32,000 · Banded bullfrog 21,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In plants, both phases are multicellular: the haploid sexual phase – the gametophyte – alternates with a diploid asexual phase – the sporophyte.
- A mature sporophyte produces haploid spores by meiosis, a process which reduces the number of chromosomes to half, from two sets to one.
- The resulting haploid spores germinate and grow into multicellular haploid gametophytes.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alternation of generations article was read about 45,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Alternation of generations
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alternation of generations (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alternation of generations.svg : Peter coxhead / derivative work: Peter coxhead, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
