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Greenhouse gas, an Uncommon card
Greenhouse gases are the gases in an atmosphere that trap heat, raising the surface temperature of astronomical bodies such as Earth.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 178
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 178 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Greenhouse gas quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Greenhouse gas card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Unlike other gases, greenhouse gases absorb the ______ that a planet emits, resulting in the greenhouse effect.
Answer
radiations. Unlike other gases, greenhouse gases absorb the radiations that a planet emits, resulting in the greenhouse effect. From the Greenhouse gas article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Greek government-debt crisis. Greek government-debt crisis 96 · Plankton 87 · Greenhouse gas 82 · Lake Tanganyika 79 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.
- Unlike other gases, greenhouse gases absorb the radiations that a planet emits, resulting in the greenhouse effect.
- The Earth is warmed by sunlight, causing its surface to radiate heat, which is then mostly absorbed by greenhouse gases.
- Without greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the average temperature of Earth's surface would be about −18 °C, rather than the present average of 15 °C.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Greenhouse gas article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Greenhouse gas
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Greenhouse gas (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : A loose necktie, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
