Seasons?!!!!!!!?

Question

What causes seasons to occur???

Answer 1

Seasons occur on the Earth because of the tilt of the Earth's axis. Because the Earth's spin is not exactly aligned with the Earth's orbit around the sun, the Sun sometimes shines directly over the nothern hemisphere, and other times shines directly over the southern hemisphere. For instance, the sun reaches its most northerly position (the tropic of cancer) on June 21. This is called the "summer solstice." If you were standing on the tropic of cancer on June 21, the sun would be directly overhead at noon. This is the first day of summer in the northern hemisphere, and the first day of winter in the southern hemisphere. Because the sun is shining more directly in the north than in the south, the weather is warmer in the north in June. In December, the opposite happens. The sun is over the tropic of Capricorn, and is shining directly at the southern hemisphere. So December is summer in Australia and Brazil, but winter in America, Europe, and Asia.

Some people believe that summer is when the Earth is closest to the sun. This is not true. In fact, the Earth is farthest from the sun in early July, and nearest the sun in January. Because these differences in distance are so small however, they hardly affect the seasons at all.

Answer 2

The tilting of the earth on it's axis that moves the North pole closer to the sun in the summer and the reverse to the south, that's why they have opposite seasons as the Northern Hemisphere

Answer 3

The revolution of the earth around the sun and the tilt of the earth's axis both contribute to the formation of seasons.

Answer 4

Its the Earth's position in it's orbit around the sun. If the earth's N. Pole is closer 2 the sun, the S. Pole is farthest away. it's summer in the N. Hemisphere & winter in the S. Hemisphere. If the S. Pole's closer 2 the sun, it's summer in the S. Hemisphere; winter in the N. Hemisphere. If the Earth is in 1 equinox, it's either spring/fall in the N./S. Hemisphere & vice versa in the other equinox. Something like that.

Answer 5

The Earth has a 23.5 degree tilt and revolves around the sun. Without BOTH of these conditions, there would be no seasons.

Answer 6

the earths closeness to the sun, like in Ak. durring the winter...its further away from the sun, and South America is closer to the sun while AK. is farther...letting Alaska get snow, and South America to not get snow...