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Homeostasis, an Uncommon card
In biology, homeostasis is the process by which living organisms maintain relatively stable internal physical and conditions despite changes in their internal or external environment.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Homeostasis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Homeostasis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Homeostatic ______ commonly operates through negative feedback.
Answer
regulation. Homeostatic regulation commonly operates through negative feedback. From the Homeostasis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Homeostasis. Homeostasis 83 · 2010–11 Premier League 80 · City of Westminster 77 · Anteater 73 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Anteater. Anteater 270,000 · Homeostasis 180,000 · Fog 140,000 · Australian feral camel 100,000 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.
- Body temperature, blood glucose, blood pressure, fluid balance, levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood, pH, and the concentrations of ions such as sodium, potassium, and calcium are all homeostatically regulated variables.
- These variables are generally maintained within physiological ranges rather than at absolutely constant values, set points for some regulated variables may also change, as occurs with circadian variation in body temperature or during fever.
- Homeostatic regulation commonly operates through negative feedback.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Homeostasis 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 83 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Homeostasis
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, Homeostasis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Leyo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
