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Uncommon card · Science
Lactose, an Uncommon card
Lactose is a disaccharide composed of galactose and glucose and has the molecular formula C12H22O11.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 56
- Power
- 125
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 125 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Lactose quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Lactose card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ is a white, water-soluble, non-hygroscopic solid with a mildly sweet taste.
Answer
compound. The compound is a white, water-soluble, non-hygroscopic solid with a mildly sweet taste. From the Lactose article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Drainage basin. Drainage basin 200,000 · Australian funnel-web spider 150,000 · Lactose 120,000 · Magnoliids 66,000 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.
- Lactose makes up around 2–8% of milk.
- The name comes from lac, the Latin word for milk, plus the suffix -ose used to name sugars.
- The compound is a white, water-soluble, non-hygroscopic solid with a mildly sweet taste.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Lactose 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 69 and blocks with 56: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Lactose
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Lactose (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Yikrazuul, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
