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Entomology, an Uncommon card
Entomology, from Ancient Greek ἔντομον, meaning "insect", and λόγος, meaning "study", is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 124
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 160,000
Power 124 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Entomology quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Entomology card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Those who study entomology are known as ______.
Answer
entomologists. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. From the Entomology article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Atlas Mountains. Atlas Mountains 250,000 · Trout 200,000 · Entomology 160,000 · Canyon 110,000 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.
- Those who study entomology are known as entomologists.
- In the past, the term insect was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans.
- The field is also referred to as insectology in American English, while in British English insectology implies the study of the relationships between insects and humans.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Entomology article was read about 160,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Entomology
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Entomology in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Michael LonsdaleUncommon · Arts · ATK 66 DEF 58
- MotherboardUncommon · Science · ATK 69 DEF 55
- RegionUncommon · Science · ATK 68 DEF 56
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Entomology (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : See his respective owners, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
