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Not only that, but it rises earlier, too.
The Earth is a sphere, but the axis of rotation isn't perpendicular to the plane of our orbit around the Sun. And really, why should it be? The fact is that the Earth's spin axis is tilted at about 23.5 degrees from the perpendicular to the ecliptic ("Ecliptic" is the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun.) Since the Earth spins like a gyroscope, it's pretty stable; it doesn't wobble (much).
So when the Earth's axis is tilted a little more toward the Sun, the days are longer and the nights are shorter. The Sun rises earlier and sets later. We call this "Spring" and "Summer".
When the axis is tilted a little AWAY from the Sun, it's fall and winter; the Sun rises later and sets earlier, and we have shorter days and longer nights.
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in the summer longer days in winter the days grow shorter
What is the length of shadows during the day in summer and winter?
Shadows lengths are less in summer than winter.
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Yes. Cold air is denser than warm air and thus the troposphere is denser in the winter than in the summer.
Why do our skin drier in winter than summer season?
In the winter, the cold air is dryer than the warm air of summer. You skin dries out too!
Why do you need more energy in the winter than the summer?
In the winter it's cold and you need energy to keep you warm and in the summer it's hot you don't need energy you let out energy when you sweat etc.
Why does the sunrise earlier in the summer then the winter?
the night is longer in summer than winter
Why does chocolate taste different in the winter than in summer?
More wax is added in the summer to make it take longer to melt.
Do Horses sleep longer in the winter than in the summer?
no
Is the shadow cast by the sun longer in the summer or winter in Alaska?
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Why do summer feel shorter than winter?
It should not. Summer has longer periods of sunlight. Winter has longer nights. Maybe its time to move out of Siberia.
Give two differences between summer days and winter days?
1. Summer days are longer than winter2. Summer days are hotter than winter
Do the summer Olympics last longer than the winter Olympics?
i believe yes!!
Are winter nights darker than summer nights?
Yes, winter nights are generally darker than summer nights. This is because the Earth's tilt causes longer nights in winter, resulting in more darkness compared to summer nights when the days are longer and nights shorter.
Compared to the summer shadows in the winter in the northern hemisphere are generally longer or shorter?
The shadows in the Northern Hemisphere are generally longer in the winter than in the summer. Therefore in the summer the shadows are shorter because the sun is more vertical.
Are the days longer in the summer than in the winter everywhere on Earth at the same time?
No, when it's winter in America, it's summer on the other side of the earth.
Why is summer vacation longer than winter break?
Because its the end of the school year
Which would be longer on your planet your planet your days or nights to earth?
Days are longer than nights in the summer, and the reverse in the winter.
