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History of biochemistry, a Common card
The history of biochemistry can be said to have started with the ancient Greeks who were interested in the composition and processes of life, although biochemistry as a specific scientific discipline has its beginning around the early 19th century.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 130
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,600
Power 130 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
History of biochemistry quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of biochemistry card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The term biochemistry itself is derived from the ______ form bio-, meaning 'life', and chemistry.
Answer
combining. The term biochemistry itself is derived from the combining form bio-, meaning 'life', and chemistry. From the History of biochemistry article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Darleen Tana. Darleen Tana 74 · Seán Brady 71 · History of biochemistry 67 · Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct 63 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
AMX-30E. AMX-30E 12,000 · History of biochemistry 7,600 · Darleen Tana 4,300 · Gentiloni government 2,600 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Some argued that the beginning of biochemistry may have been the discovery of the first enzyme, diastase, in 1833 by Anselme Payen, while others considered Eduard Buchner's first demonstration of a complex biochemical process alcoholic fermentation in cell-free extracts to be the birth of biochemistry.
- Some might also point to the influential work of Justus von Liebig from 1842, Animal chemistry, or, Organic chemistry in its applications to physiology and pathology, which presented a chemical theory of metabolism, or even earlier to the 18th century studies on fermentation and respiration by Antoine Lavoisier.
- The term biochemistry itself is derived from the combining form bio-, meaning 'life', and chemistry.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The History of biochemistry article was read about 7,600 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, History of biochemistry (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : → Aza Toth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
