Why do Eastern and Southern Hemisphere have opposite seasons?

Answer 1

The earth revolves around the sun but it's tilted. The angle of the tilt doesn't change just the position of the planet. The summer is when that part of the globe is tilted towards the sun. If the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun the southern hemisphere would be tilted away. The part tilted towards the sun gets more sunlight and is warmer. The part tilted away wouldn't get as much light and would be colder.

Answer 2

The seasons are determined by the amount of sunlight received and the angle of the sunlight. During the Northern summer, for example, the Northern hemisphere experiences its longest daytimes because the North Pole is pointed more or less towards the sun. Above the Arctic Circle, the time between sun-rise and sun-set can actually be measured in days rather than hours. At the same time, the South Pole is pointed more or less away from the sun and the Southern Hemisphere experiences its shortest days - and consequently Winter. Below the Antarctic Circle, the sun does not rise at all setting near the beginning of Winter and rising again at the start of Spring. Granted, this oversimplifies a bit - the closer you go to the South Pole, the longer it is between sunset and sunrise, while right at the Antarctic Circle the sun may not rise at all for only about 48 hours. The situation is reversed during the Northern Winter when the North Pole points away from the sun and the South Pole points towards the sun.

Answer 3

Generally, the seasons are caused by the relative amount of the Sun's energy that strikes the Earth. Since the Earth's rotational axis is tilted in relation to the orbital plane around th Sun, at one point in the orbit the Northern Hemisphere points more directly at the Sun than does the Southern Hemiisphere. This results in the Sun's rays striking the Northern Hemisphere more directly and the striking the Southern Hemisphere at more of an angle. When the sunray strikes more directly, there is less atmosphere to go through. When it comes in at an angle, more of the rays are reflected off by glancing the atmosphere and the trays that strike the earth at an angle have to pass through more atmosphere to do it.

When the Sun is on the opposite side of its orbit, then it is the Northern hempsihere that points away fromt he Sun and the Southern hemisphere that gets more direct energy.

Tilt toward = More energy = summer; Tilt away = less energy = winter.

Answer 4

Because our planet is tilted on its axis of rotation, we experience seasons as we orbit the Sun. When the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun it is summer there and the southern hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun, making it winter there. At the other half of the Eatrhs orbit, the southern hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun making it summer there and winter in the northern hemisphere.

Answer 5

The Eastern and Southern hemispheres do not have opposite seasons. The Northern and Southern hemispheres have opposite seasons. That is because the Earth is tilted, so at some times of the year, one of those two hemispheres is nearer to the sun than the other, so it has different weather. Half of the Eastern hemisphere is in the Southern hemisphere, so they would have the same seasons, while the other half would have the same seasons as the Northern hemisphere.

Answer 6

Because of the axial tilt of the earth.