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First the Sun, and then the thermal mass of the earth.

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What is a contributing factor to the reason for the seasons?

the distance of earth from the sun. It is the revolution of the moon around the earth


What factor has the greatest effect on weathering?

geographic position. if you have, theoretically, multiples the same rock and place them all across the earth (beaches, deserts, riverbeds, snow-capped mountains) they are going to weather in different ways and at different rates


Does the distance from the sun cause earth's seasons?

The distance from the Earth to the Sun is not a major component of the causes of the seasons.A more important factor is the inclination of the axis.See the answer to "What causes the Earth's seasons?"The Earth is far enough from the Sun that a minor change in it's distance would not cause a significant change in the tempature.


What other factor contributes to earths seasons?

The earth's seasons are caused by the rotating earth tilting on its axis as it orbits round the sun. This tilting causes the sunlight to strike the earth at a low angle, causing winter in the hemisphere tilted away from the sun. Meanwhile, the hemisphere tilted towards the sun, receives the sunlight more directly, causing summer in the hemisphere tilted towards the sun.


Are the seasons on earth caused by the tilt of the earth's axis or the fact that the earth's disance from the sun varies throughout the year?

it is caused by the tilt of the earth axis.The Earth is tilted by 23.5C angle. So when the North was nearer to the Sun (and the South farther to the Sun) the North have Summer(and the South have Winter).