Can anybody explain why the seasons are reversed Australia / New Zealand ?

Question

Help ! we know that seasons are reversed but are at a loss to explain why that is

Answer 1

Its due to the way the earth tilts on its axis.

When we are in winter we are further away from the sun than Australia and therefore its their summer

Check the link below for a more in depth explanation

Answer 2

the countries in the Southern hemisphere - ie. lower down South than the equator, experience a reversal of the angle of the sun and will have opposite seasons to the North...

Answer 3

The Earth's daily rotation is tilted in relation to its orbit, so at either side of its orbit, one half of the planet gets more sun because it is pointing towards the sun.

In June / July, the Northern hemisphere is pointing towards the sun, the Southern hemisphere is pointing away from the sun. Hence Summer in the North, Winter in the South.

In December / January, the Northern hemisphere is pointing away from the sun, the Southern hemisphere is pointing towards the sun. Hence Winter in the North, Summer in the South.

Cheers.

Answer 4

coz wer in Australia are on the other side of the equator. and imagine some one standing face to face with u on the other half of the equator, his left will be ur right and his right will be ur left.

We are standing like in front of each other so the cycle or earth gets reversed for us. Thus gets the cycle of the seasons too.


Try putting small 3D pictures by pin on a basketball, and try to place the pic icons on different parts of the earth, it will explain u more.

Answer 5

In our summer the sun is travelling roughly round the Tropic of Cancer. In our spring and autumn the sun is travelling roughly round the equator. In our winter the sun is travelling roughly round the Tropic of Capricorn which is halfway between equator and south pole. Therefore the sun is closest to Australia in our winter and furthest away from us - hence it's fecking freezing in Scotland today!!

Answer 6

southern/northern hemisphere... when the earth spins on its axis, tilted, it varies the amount and concentration of sun rays reaching the earths surfaces... so the equator and the poles have no seasons or very little variation between them, and the rest of the globe's seasons vary with the amount of sunlight they receive at particular times!

Answer 7

because they are in the southern hemisphere of the earth as each hemisphere is exposed to the direct rays of sun in different time

Answer 8

Cause there upside down dummy!!