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Hawaii hotspot, an Uncommon card
The Hawaiʻi hotspot is a volcanic hotspot located near the namesake Hawaiian Islands, in the northern Pacific Ocean.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 175
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 32,000
Power 175 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Hawaii hotspot quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hawaii hotspot card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Four of these ______ are active, two are dormant, more than 123 are extinct, most now preserved as atolls or seamounts.
Answer
volcanoes. Four of these volcanoes are active, two are dormant, more than 123 are extinct, most now preserved as atolls or seamounts. From the Hawaii hotspot article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of extinct bird species since 1500. List of extinct bird species since 1500 91 · Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest 87 · Hawaii hotspot 81 · Belemnitida 77 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest 78,000 · List of extinct bird species since 1500 54,000 · Hawaii hotspot 32,000 · Climate sensitivity 13,000 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.
- One of the best known and intensively studied hotspots in the world, the Hawaii plume is responsible for the creation of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, a 6,200-kilometer mostly undersea volcanic mountain range.
- Four of these volcanoes are active, two are dormant, more than 123 are extinct, most now preserved as atolls or seamounts.
- The chain extends from south of the island of Hawaiʻi to the edge of the Aleutian Trench, near the eastern coast of Russia.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hawaii hotspot article was read about 32,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Hawaii hotspot
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hawaii hotspot (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Joel E. Robinson, USGS., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
