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Uncommon card · Nature
Ionosphere, an Uncommon card
The ionosphere is the ionized part of the upper atmosphere of Earth, from about 48 km to 965 km above sea level, a region that includes the thermosphere and parts of the mesosphere and exosphere.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 146
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 146 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Ionosphere quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ionosphere card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ionosphere is ionized by solar ______.
Answer
radiation. The ionosphere is ionized by solar radiation. From the Ionosphere article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Dale Jarrett. Dale Jarrett 90 · Ionosphere 79 · Canis 74 · Malacostraca 70 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Canis. Canis 220,000 · Month 140,000 · Ionosphere 110,000 · Ringed seal 85,000 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.
- The ionosphere is ionized by solar radiation.
- It plays an important role in atmospheric electricity and forms the inner edge of the magnetosphere.
- It has practical importance because, among other functions, it influences radio propagation to distant places on Earth.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ionosphere article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Ionosphere
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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The cards just above and just below Ionosphere in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Ahmed IIIUncommon · History · ATK 72 DEF 74
- Centripetal forceUncommon · Science · ATK 78 DEF 68
- Dale JarrettUncommon · Society · ATK 90 DEF 56
- MalacostracaUncommon · Nature · ATK 70 DEF 76
- Native SonUncommon · Arts · ATK 79 DEF 67
- Nicholas RoerichUncommon · Arts · ATK 76 DEF 70
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ionosphere (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA Goddard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
