Answer:
In representative democracy, citizens elect representatives, who in turn represents their interests in the elected government. The vast majority of democracies in the world are representative.
In a direct democracy, citizens have more direct ways to participe in the government, and in the making of the laws of the country or region. There are very few places in the world where direct democracy is the norm, Switzerland being perhpas the most noteworthy example.
Ocean tides are the result of differences in the gravitational force between
the sun and the Earth's near side and far side, and ditto for the moon.
What is involved in the sacred pipe ritual performed during the sun dance ceremony?
A.
individual purification in a sweat lodge
B.
offering of prayers to the four directions, the Earth, and the sky
C.
healing of people through the use of sacred objects
D.
dancing to drumbeats while facing the sun
Burning fossil fuels moves carbon from the geosphere to the atmosphere.
Explanation:
A carbon cycle is a model that indicates how carbon is cycled across the spheres of the earth. Burning of fossil fuels is part of this cycle indicating movement of carbon from the geosphere – since fossil fuels are derived from the geosphere (the rocks of the crust) - to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. Again this carbon will cross over to the biosphere when taken up by plants from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
