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Hydrothermal vent, an Uncommon card
Hydrothermal vents are fissures on the seabed from which geothermally heated water discharges.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 88
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 182
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 182 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Hydrothermal vent quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hydrothermal vent card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Hydrothermal deposits are rocks and mineral ore deposits formed by the ______ of hydrothermal vents.
Answer
action. Hydrothermal deposits are rocks and mineral ore deposits formed by the action of hydrothermal vents. From the Hydrothermal vent article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Great Smoky Mountains National Park 150,000 · Hydrothermal vent 120,000 · Pontederia crassipes 90,000 · West Lake 69,000 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.
- They are commonly found near volcanically active places, areas where tectonic plates are moving apart at mid-ocean ridges, ocean basins, and hotspots.
- The dispersal of hydrothermal fluids throughout the global ocean at active vent sites creates hydrothermal plumes.
- Hydrothermal deposits are rocks and mineral ore deposits formed by the action of hydrothermal vents.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hydrothermal vent article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 88 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Hydrothermal vent
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hydrothermal vent (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : P. Rona / OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP), NOAA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
