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Uncommon card · Science
Altocumulus cloud, an Uncommon card
Altocumulus is a middle-altitude cloud genus that belongs mainly to the stratocumuliform physical category, characterized by globular masses or rolls in layers or patches – the individual elements being larger and darker than those of cirrocumulus and smaller than those of stratocumulus.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 54
- DEF
- 39
- Power
- 93
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 30,000
Power 93 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Altocumulus cloud quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Altocumulus cloud card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Like other cumuliform and ______ clouds, altocumulus signifies convection.
Answer
stratocumuliform. Like other cumuliform and stratocumuliform clouds, altocumulus signifies convection. From the Altocumulus cloud article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Dragon Throne. Dragon Throne 60 · Traveller's cheque 57 · Altocumulus cloud 54 · Waders 49 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Anaerobic exercise. Anaerobic exercise 62,000 · Traveller's cheque 46,000 · Altocumulus cloud 30,000 · Anhydrite 24,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- However, if the layers become tufted in appearance due to increased airmass instability, then the altocumulus clouds become more purely cumuliform in structure.
- Like other cumuliform and stratocumuliform clouds, altocumulus signifies convection.
- A sheet of partially conjoined altocumulus perlucidus is sometimes found preceding a weakening warm front, where the altostratus is starting to fragment, resulting in patches of altocumulus perlucidus between the areas of altostratus.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Altocumulus cloud article was read about 30,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 54 and blocks with 39: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Altocumulus cloud (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
