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What Causes Earth's Seasons?

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    The capability to guess before time about the seasons by seeing the rising and setting points of the sun overall the year was key to survival in old times.Today we know that Earth orbits the sun elliptically and, at the same time earth spins on an axis that is tilted similar to its plane of orbit. This means that different hemispheres are appeared to different amounts of sunlight all over the year. Reason is that the sun is our head of stream of light, energy and heat, the changing intensity and attention of its rays give up to the weather of winter, spring, summer and fall.

    The weathers are pointed out by solstices and equinoxes. These are the astronomical words that link to Earth's tilt. The solstices target the points at which the poles are tilted at their highest point toward or away from the sun. This is done between the daylight hours and the night-time hour is many acute. The solstices exist every year on June 20 or 21 and Dec. 21 or 22, and show the official beginning of the summer and winter seasons.
    The vernal equinox target the point at the start of spring and fall. The sun appears to be directly over Earth's equator during that time of year, and the lengths of the day and the night length are same over many of the planet.
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    Sun_flower 

    answered 3 years ago

      The Earth's seasons are caused by the angle of the earth to the sun. Like the sun is farther away in the summer, but the suns rays are more direct.
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      Gypsymo 

      answered 3 years ago

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