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First Past the Post is an electoral system used in countries such as the USA and the UK to elect representatives. It works in a very simple way: the candidate who recieves the most votes wins. So, for exampl...

Direct democracy involves people power, or the self-government of people, contrasting to a representative democracy by which representatives are elected in order to voice the opinions and interests of citize...

6O 2 + C 6 H 12 O 6 ---> 6CO 2 + 6 H 2 O In words this is: Oxygen + Glucose ---> Carbon dioxide + Water Remember that in order to balanc the equation, everything has a 6 in front of it, APART from gluc...

Judicial review is an exclusive power of appellate courts, most importantly the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS). It is able to overturn any judicial ruling from another court (at federal or state level) or to stri...

A catalyst lowers the activation energy of a reaction. It does this by providing an alternative, lower energy pathway for the reaction. An example of this - a catalyst may form a complex with the reactants w...