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Uncommon card · Science
Pesticide, an Uncommon card
Pesticides are substances that are used to control pests. They include herbicides, insecticides, nematicides, fungicides, and many others.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 100,000
Power 181 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Pesticide quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Pesticide card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The most common of these are ______, which account for approximately 50% of all pesticide use globally.
Answer
herbicides. The most common of these are herbicides, which account for approximately 50% of all pesticide use globally. From the Pesticide article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of Belgium. History of Belgium 91 · Euclidean algorithm 88 · Pesticide 85 · Rigel 81 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.
- The most common of these are herbicides, which account for approximately 50% of all pesticide use globally.
- Most pesticides are used as plant protection products, which in general protect plants from weeds, fungi, or insects.
- In general, a pesticide is a chemical or biological agent that deters, incapacitates, kills, or otherwise discourages pests.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Pesticide article was read about 100,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Pesticide
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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- First Red ScareUncommon · History · ATK 84 DEF 97
- History of BelgiumUncommon · History · ATK 91 DEF 90
- Greek colonisationUncommon · Nature · ATK 83 DEF 98
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Pesticide (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lite-Trac, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
