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Chemosynthesis, an Uncommon card
In biochemistry, chemosynthesis is the biological conversion of one or more carbon-containing molecules and nutrients into organic matter using the oxidation of inorganic compounds as a source of energy, rather than sunlight, as in photosynthesis.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 37
- Power
- 95
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 40,000
Power 95 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Chemosynthesis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Chemosynthesis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Many ______ in dark regions of the oceans use chemosynthesis to produce biomass from single-carbon molecules.
Answer
microorganisms. Many microorganisms in dark regions of the oceans use chemosynthesis to produce biomass from single-carbon molecules. From the Chemosynthesis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Critical point. Critical point 64 · Band-pass filter 61 · Chemosynthesis 58 · Blowtorch 53 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Band-pass filter. Band-pass filter 53,000 · Chemosynthesis 40,000 · Critical point 32,000 · Canoe slalom 22,000 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.
- Chemoautotrophs, organisms that obtain carbon from carbon dioxide through chemosynthesis, are phylogenetically diverse.
- Groups that include conspicuous or biogeochemically important taxa include the sulfur-oxidizing bacteria such as Gammaproteobacteria, the Campylobacterota, the Aquificota, the methanogenic archaea, and the neutrophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria.
- Many microorganisms in dark regions of the oceans use chemosynthesis to produce biomass from single-carbon molecules.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Chemosynthesis article was read about 40,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 37: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Chemosynthesis
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Text : Wikipedia, Chemosynthesis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : No machine-readable author provided. Thermophile~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright c, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
