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Rare card · Science
Glucose, a Rare card
Glucose is a sugar with the molecular formula C6H12O6. It is the most abundant monosaccharide, a subcategory of carbohydrates.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 88
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 185
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 400,000
Ranked #439 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Glucose quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Glucose card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Glucose is often ______ as Glc.
Answer
abbreviated. Glucose is often abbreviated as Glc. From the Glucose article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Carl Sagan. Carl Sagan 990,000 · Copper 620,000 · Glucose 400,000 · Beryllium 240,000 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.
- It is made from water and carbon dioxide during photosynthesis by plants and most algae.
- It is used by plants to make cellulose, the most abundant carbohydrate in the world, for use in cell walls, and by all living organisms to make adenosine triphosphate, which is used by the cell as energy.
- Glucose is often abbreviated as Glc.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Glucose article was read about 400,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 88 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Glucose
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Glucose (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NEUROtiker, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
