Can you describe the process of radioactive dating and its significance in geological studies?

Of course! Some minerals in rocks and organic matter like bones and shells can contain radioactive isotopes. Scientists then use radioactive dating to determine the age of how long that matter has been there for. It’s significance in geology is because it estimates how long ago rocks formed, and to infer the ages of fossils contained within those rocks/matter.

Prior to the creation of the us constitution, the general view of representative government is that it only worked in very small-scale environments- essentially a city-state or smaller. otherwise, the actual reflection of popular will declined in the representatives (ie, the difference between 1 representative per 100 citizens and 1 representative per 10,000 citizens), and generally the whole process became inefficient and self-destructive.james madison, however, was like 'no beezy'. he remarked that small republics were prone to faction and thus collapsed quickly. a large republic, he said, had so many interests and factions that none could rule, and thus they had to moderate and compromise.