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Uncommon card · Science
Human variability, an Uncommon card
Human variability, or human variation, is the range of possible values for any characteristic, physical or mental, of human beings.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Human variability quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Human variability card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Variability is partly ______ and partly acquired.
Answer
heritable. Variability is partly heritable and partly acquired. From the Human variability article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Spanish literature. Spanish literature 79 · Human variability 76 · Religious art 73 · Game Boy Printer 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.
- Frequently debated areas of variability include cognitive ability, personality, physical appearance and immunology.
- Variability is partly heritable and partly acquired.
- As the human species exhibits sexual dimorphism, many traits show significant variation not just between populations but also between the sexes.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Human variability article was read about 17,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Human variability
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Human variability (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Collective, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
