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I Wonder Why – Why We Have Seasons Through The Year?

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I Wonder Why – Why We Have Seasons Through The Year? PR034 UNIV 23

Why do we have seasons?

● The reason why the earth has different weather for different seasons is due to the tilt

of the earth.

● During our summer the Northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun. During our

winter the Northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun. This tilts causes a

The difference in the amount of sunlight energy we receive.

● Since the sun is the energy that drives weather, if you vary that sunlight amount

then you vary the weather.

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● sometimes it is the North Pole tilting toward the Sun (like in June) and sometimes

It is the South Pole tilting toward the Sun (like in December). Hence, the

seasons.

● It is summer in June in the Northern Hemisphere because the Sun’s rays hit that

part of Earth more directly than at any other point in Earth’s orbit ­ or, in other

words, more directly than at any other time of the year.

● It is winter in December in the Northern Hemisphere, because that is when it is

the South Pole’s turn to be tilted toward the Sun.

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