Why is winter colder than summer??\?

Answer 1

during winter the sun is far
and during summer the sun is close

Answer 2

Well if youwould have stayed awake during you science Class you woudl knw the answer to your own question. LOL

The primary cause of the seasons is the 23.5 degree of the Earth's rotation axis with respect to the plane of the ecliptic. This means that as the Earth goes around its orbit the Northern hemisphere is at various times oriented more toward and more away from the Sun, and likewise for the Southern hemisphere,
Thus, we experience Summer in the Northern Hemisphere when the Earth is on that part of its orbit where the N. Hemisphere is oriented more toward the Sun and therefore the Sun rises higher in the sky and is above the horizon longer, and the rays of the Sun strike the ground more directly. Likewise, in the N. Hemisphere Winter the hemisphere is oriented away from the Sun, the Sun only rises low in the sky, is above the horizon for a shorter period, and the rays of the Sun strike the ground more obliquely.

The Earth is at its closest approach to the Sun (perihelion) on about January 4 of each year, which is the dead of the N. Hemisphere Winter.

Answer 3

The earth's rotation makes the sun rays fall on earth in different angles and distances which results in change of climate and people have named the colder time as winter and the hotter time as summer.

Answer 4

In the summer the sun is closer to the earth and so makes us warm, in the winter it is further away and so the temperature on earth is colder.

Answer 5

Because the Earth tilts on it's axis as it orbits the sun. It is actually wobbling through space. During the summer months, we are close to the sun than we are during the winter months. That is the reason for Seasons.

Answer 6

Because the earth rotates on an axis which is tilted in its relation to our heat source - the sun. As the one-year orbit of the sun passes, that tilt remains the same, as if the earth was one giant gyroscope. So, as certain areas of the world are tilted away from the sun in one half of the year, they are colder. The opposite at the other half of the cycle.

Answer 7

I has to do with the angle at which the suns rays hit the earth. Not how far away the sun is. For reasons I cannot remember when the suns rays have more atmosphere to travel through they are not as strong. Less atmosphere, more heat.

Answer 8

Kit F is correct.

The sun's rays in winter are striking the atmosphere at a more oblique angle than in summer for the reasons she so well described.

It has nothing to do with how far away the sun is.

Answer 9

During summer the surface of the earth you are in is facing the sun more squarely. On winter it is facing the sun not so squarely compared to when it is summer.

Answer 10

As it revolves around the sun, the colder side of the earth is farther away from the sun, unless of course you live in Australia. In which case, it's the exact opposite.