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Uncommon card · Science
Fossil fuel power station, an Uncommon card
A fossil fuel power station is a thermal power station that burns fossil fuel, such as coal, oil, or natural gas, to produce electricity.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 158
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 21,000
Power 158 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Fossil fuel power station quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Fossil fuel power station card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The prime mover may be a steam turbine, a gas turbine or, in small plants, a ______ gas engine.
Answer
reciprocating. The prime mover may be a steam turbine, a gas turbine or, in small plants, a reciprocating gas engine. From the Fossil fuel power station article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
COVID-19 pandemic in the San Francisco Bay Area. COVID-19 pandemic in the San Francisco Bay Area 89 · Pressure vessel 80 · Fossil fuel power station 77 · Thomas Harriot 72 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Pressure vessel. Pressure vessel 32,000 · Fossil fuel power station 21,000 · Paul Steinhardt 13,000 · COVID-19 pandemic in the San Francisco Bay Area 4,800 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.
- Fossil fuel power stations have machines that convert the heat energy of combustion into mechanical energy, which then powers an electrical generator.
- The prime mover may be a steam turbine, a gas turbine or, in small plants, a reciprocating gas engine.
- All plants use the energy extracted from the expansion of a hot gas, either steam or combustion gases.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Fossil fuel power station article was read about 21,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Fossil fuel power station
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Fossil fuel power station (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Pibwl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
