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Since the Earth is on an axis, the distribution of the light on Earth varies throughout the year. For example, when you hold a flashlight directly over the floor, the light given off by the flashlight is concentrated in one spot. If you were to hold that flashlight at an angle on the floor, the same amount of light is present but it is stretched out over a wider space. The Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun during Winter and the Southern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun giving them Summer. This is a straight forward article about it http://www.mountainnature.com/Climate/WhatCausesWinter.htm

and you can search for diagrams of Earth's orbit to help understand it all a little bit more.

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