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Geologic record, a Common card
The geologic record, in stratigraphy, paleontology and other natural sciences, is the entirety of the layers of rock strata - deposits laid down by volcanism or by deposition of sediment derived from weathering detritus.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 54
- DEF
- 33
- Power
- 87
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,200
Power 87 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Geologic record quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Geologic record card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
According to the law of ______, sedimentary and volcanic rock layers are deposited on top of each other.
Answer
superposition. According to the law of superposition, sedimentary and volcanic rock layers are deposited on top of each other. From the Geologic record article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Onny Parun. Onny Parun 61 · Geologic record 54 · Nivedita Setu 51 · Clouds Rest 45 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.
- This includes all its fossil content and the information it yields about the history of the Earth: its past climate, geography, geology and the evolution of life on its surface.
- According to the law of superposition, sedimentary and volcanic rock layers are deposited on top of each other.
- They harden over time to become a solidified rock column, that may be intruded by igneous rocks and disrupted by tectonic events.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Geologic record article was read about 6,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 54 and blocks with 33: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Geologic record
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, Geologic record (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bernard Goldbach from Kilkenny, Ireland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
