What events might you predict to occur if the tilt of Earth's axis relative to its plane of orbit was increased 33.5 degrees?

Answer 1

that would be horrable. the climate would change completely. the areas that were the poles would be be closer to the equator and the areas that were near the equator would become the poles. that means thecold places would be hot and the hot places would be cold. but the tilt of the earth could not change that much because of the moon. the pull of the moon keeps the earth balanced. however the moon is inching away from us. because of how far away the moon is the earth's tilt can now change by 1 degree. that one degree made such a huge difference that it caused whole civilizations in Africa to move because they could not adapt to such a huge climate change

Answer 2

If the Earth were tipped 30 degrees from the ecliptic instead of the 23.5 degrees that it really is, the tropical zones would be a little larger, and the near-polar weather would probably be a little more extreme than it is.

The seasons might also be a little more severe, but I really would not expect that much difference.

Answer 3

Our seasons would be much more extreme. Our weather would also be different. There would be more parts of the planet that would be in complete darkness for much of the year. The amounts of light and darkness we'd have each day would be different. Currently it is only the areas around the north and south poles that experience that.
If the earth were tilted 45 degrees, the differences in weather would be so extreme that Earth could not support life. Winter and summer would be beyond deadly.

Answer 4

That would mean that Earth rotates backwards.

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It would also be roughly the same as earth reducing its tilt by about 10 degrees. A 'tilt' of 180 degrees would just mean that there is no tilt, and the 'north' pole is in the south. So a 'tilt' of 193 degrees would mean 13 degrees beyond perpendicular.

Answer 5

You didn't provide a list of "the following", but basically, more tilt would mean that differences between seasons would be more drastic.

You didn't provide a list of "the following", but basically, more tilt would mean that differences between seasons would be more drastic.

You didn't provide a list of "the following", but basically, more tilt would mean that differences between seasons would be more drastic.

You didn't provide a list of "the following", but basically, more tilt would mean that differences between seasons would be more drastic.

Answer 6

In mid-winter, one of the Earth's poles is in shadow, always pointing away from the Sun for the entire day. The shadow extends to 23.5 degrees away from the pole, at which point you will see the Sun appear to move around the horizon. If the tilt was 35 degrees, then that shadow would extend further to 35 degrees.

Conversely the other pole experiences 24 hours sunlight at the same time, and a larger area would experience that phenomenon.

Answer 7

If the Earth's axis made a smaller angle with the plane of its orbit, then

-- The Tropic zone would be wider ... the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn

would be more than 23.5 degrees from the equator.

-- The 'belt' around the middle of the Earth, where the sun can be directly overhead

at some point during the year, would be wider.

-- The Polar regions would be wider ... the Arctic and Antarctic Circles

would be more thgan 23.5 degrees from the poles.

-- The 'cap' around the poles, where it's possible to have more than 24 hours

of continuous sun-up or sun-down, would be bigger.

-- Every place would have a longer longest day and a shorter shortest day

than it has now, and the transition from longest to shortest would be faster ...

more difference in length of light or dark from one day to the next. Except at

the poles, where the sun would still stay up for 6 months followed by down

for 6 months, as it does now. (But during the 6 months of up at each pole,

the sun would climb higher in the sky than it does now.)

-- The seasonal variations in climate would be more extreme everywhere ...

warmer warms from late Spring to early Fall, cooler cools from late Fall to

early Spring.

Answer 8

Then the seasons would be more pronounced.

Answer 9

The seasons would be a little more intense; summers wold be hotter and winters colder than they are now.

Answer 10

An axial tilt of 45o would mean that the seasons are much more extreme than they are currently.