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Uncommon card · Science
Hormone, an Uncommon card
A hormone is a class of signaling molecules in multicellular organisms that are sent to distant organs or tissues by complex biological processes to regulate physiology and behavior.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 148
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Power 148 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Hormone quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hormone card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Hormones are required for the normal development of ______, plants and fungi.
Answer
animals. Hormones are required for the normal development of animals, plants and fungi. From the Hormone article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Inverse trigonometric functions. Inverse trigonometric functions 82 · Polar coordinate system 78 · Hormone 74 · Wilhelm Röntgen 70 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.
- Hormones are required for the normal development of animals, plants and fungi.
- Due to the broad definition of a hormone, numerous kinds of molecules can be classified as hormones.
- Substances that can be considered hormones include eicosanoids, steroids, amino acid derivatives, protein or peptides, and gases.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hormone article was read about 140,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Hormone
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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- RurikidsUncommon · History · ATK 75 DEF 73
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hormone (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Adapted from an image by Frédéric Bouché, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
