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Martian polar ice caps, an Uncommon card
The planet Mars has two permanent polar ice caps of water ice and some dry ice.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 155
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 31,000
Power 155 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Martian polar ice caps quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Martian polar ice caps card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
When the poles are again exposed to sunlight, the ______ CO2 sublimes.
Answer
frozen. When the poles are again exposed to sunlight, the frozen CO2 sublimes. From the Martian polar ice caps article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Buteo. Buteo 63,000 · Agathis australis 48,000 · Martian polar ice caps 31,000 · Cider apple 18,000 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.
- Above kilometer-thick layers of water ice permafrost, slabs of dry ice are deposited during a pole's winter, lying in continuous darkness, causing 25–30% of the atmosphere being deposited annually at either of the poles.
- When the poles are again exposed to sunlight, the frozen CO2 sublimes.
- These seasonal actions transport large amounts of dust and water vapor, giving rise to Earth-like frost and large cirrus clouds.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Martian polar ice caps article was read about 31,000 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 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Martian polar ice caps (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
