If its summer here, is it summer all over the world? I say its different my husband says its the same. jeez!?

Question

My husband and I disagree. I say the seasons are different depending on what part of the world you live in becasue the earth rotates and since we are in the summer now we are closest to the sun but half way around the world the sun is at the farthest point so they are in their winter. My husband says if it is summer here it is summer everywhere. Which one of us can take claim to being the know-it-all .

Answer 1

It's winter here, flippin freezing

Answer 2

It is actually spring until the Summer Solstice which is June 21 this year.

The seasons are different in the Northern and Southern hemisphere. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we are approaching summer. In the Southern Hemisphere they are approaching winter.

The earth rotates on its axis. It makes one complete revolution every day. When we are facing the sun it is day, when ye are facing away from the sun it is night.

The earth also orbits the sun. The axis of the earth is not straight up and down in relation to the orbit, so the planet is tilted somewhat. When the tilt is such that we get more of the sun's rays, it is summer.

Neither of you can claim to be a know it all!!! You were right about the seasons being different, but wrong about the reasons and the locations!

He was wrong about the seasons being different.

Answer 3

If it is summer in the northern hemisphere, it is winter in the southern hemisphere. But, unlike what you say, it's not beacuse some part is closer to the sun and some is farther away from it, but because of the ways the earth rotates. Half a year one hemisphere gets more sunlight and one less, and in half a year the positions reverse.

Answer 4

The seasons aren't the same all over. It's because the earth is actually tilted on an angle. When the tilt makes it so the upper half of the globe is pointed towards the sun, it gets more direct sunlight and we have summer. The bottom half is of course tilted away from the sun then, and they have winter.
Here is a good website that explains it, and they have pictures.
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/time/seasons.html
This one is a little simpler
http://www.brocktonpublicschools.com/schools/high/planetarium/activities/seasons/seasons3.html
I hope that clears things up for you. And, as usual, the wife is right. (I coulda told you that right from the start. ; ) )

Answer 5

The seasons are opposite in the Northern and Southern hemisphere because of the earth's tilt on its axis.
In the earth's orbit, it is at its perigee (or closest point) during the Northern Hemisphere's winter season. But because we are tilted away from the Sun at that time, we receive less direct light energy.

Answer 6

I'm in West Australia and it's winter here. Summer is from December - March. Your husband would be half right if the world was flat maybe.

Answer 7

the northern half is having summer, and the southern half is having winter

the northern half is tipped toward the sun during this part of its orbit around the sun, but in several months, it will be tipped away and then we'll have winter.

it's day and night that's different halfway around the world.

he was wrong, but you were not quite right.

hope that helps!

Answer 8

You are right. It will be Summer in the Northern Hemisphere soon and winter in the Southern Hemisphere soon.

Answer 9

earth rotates around the world in a vovel path, so when it is closer to sun in its path its the time of summer for the entire earth, and not for a perticular place

Answer 10

when its summer in the northern hemisphere its winter in the southern but the months are all the same

Answer 11

the one who believes the time is different also, time zones and position of the earth relative to position of sun determines time and season of a geographic region, so it is summer only in this region! sorry dude, you were wrong , wifie is right!