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Uncommon card · Science
Figure of the Earth, an Uncommon card
In geodesy, the figure of the Earth is the size and shape used to model planet Earth.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 129
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 60,000
Power 129 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Figure of the Earth quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Figure of the Earth card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The kind of figure depends on application, including the ______ needed for the model.
Answer
precision. The kind of figure depends on application, including the precision needed for the model. From the Figure of the Earth article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Differentiable manifold. Differentiable manifold 80 · Yang Dong-geun 73 · Boiler 70 · Figure of the Earth 67 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- The kind of figure depends on application, including the precision needed for the model.
- A spherical Earth is a well-known historical approximation that is satisfactory for geography, astronomy and many other purposes.
- Several models with greater accuracy have been developed so that coordinate systems can serve the precise needs of navigation, surveying, cadastre, land use, and various other concerns.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Figure of the Earth article was read about 60,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Figure of the Earth
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 Figure of the Earth in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Carpet sharkUncommon · Science · ATK 69 DEF 60
- Eutectic systemUncommon · Science · ATK 70 DEF 59
- Yang Dong-geunUncommon · Arts · ATK 73 DEF 56
- YirumaUncommon · Arts · ATK 71 DEF 58
- Akashi Kaikyo BridgeUncommon · Arts · ATK 62 DEF 67
- Eve EnslerUncommon · Arts · ATK 70 DEF 59
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Figure of the Earth (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : U.S. Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
