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Ecosystem collapse, a Common card
An ecosystem, short for ecological system, is defined as a collection of interacting organisms within a biophysical environment.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 159 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Ecosystem collapse quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ecosystem collapse card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Ecosystems are never static, and are continually subject to both stabilizing and ______ processes.
Answer
destabilizing. Ecosystems are never static, and are continually subject to both stabilizing and destabilizing processes. From the Ecosystem collapse article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Internet censorship and surveillance in the Americas. Internet censorship and surveillance in the Americas 85 · Reticular formation 79 · Ecosystem collapse 74 · Deforestation and climate change 68 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Reticular formation. Reticular formation 53,000 · Smoke grenade 41,000 · Ecosystem collapse 14,000 · Internet censorship and surveillance in the Americas 6,600 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.
- Ecosystems are never static, and are continually subject to both stabilizing and destabilizing processes.
- Stabilizing processes allow ecosystems to adequately respond to destabilizing changes, or perturbations, in ecological conditions, or to recover from degradation induced by them.
- Yet, if destabilizing processes become strong enough or fast enough to cross a critical threshold within that ecosystem, often described as an ecological 'tipping point', then an ecosystem collapse occurs.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ecosystem collapse article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Ecosystem collapse
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The cards just above and just below Ecosystem collapse in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- György GrozerUncommon · Society · ATK 85 DEF 74
- Deforestation and climate changeCommon · Nature · ATK 68 DEF 91
- James GibbsCommon · Arts · ATK 74 DEF 85
- Trevor PinnockCommon · Arts · ATK 79 DEF 80
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ecosystem collapse (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), collage by Dylan240 ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
