That of course depends on what you call "nearly".
The earth's orbit around the sun, like the orbits of all planets, asteroids, and periodic comets,
is an ellipse, with the sun at one focus.
The eccentricity of the earth's orbit is 0.017. That's more eccentric than Venus' (0.007), but less
than Pluto's (0.249).
So the minimum distance across earth's orbit is about 98.6% of the maximum distance. To me,
that's nearly circular.
It would more correct to say that the Earth has seasons because it tilts, rather than saying the Earth tilts to make seasons.
If the north axis tilts towards the sun, the northern hemisphere is in summer and the southern hemisphere is in winter. The reverse is true when the north axis points away from the sun.
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False. Earth's path or orbit around the Sun is called its revolution, not rotation. Rotation refers to the spinning of Earth on its axis, which causes day and night, while revolution refers to the Earth's journey around the Sun, which takes about 365.25 days to complete.
Earth rotates on its axis once in about 24 hours. Earth revolves in its orbit around the Sun once every year.
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but it does as earth's axis tilts.
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True. Throughout the year, different parts of Earth receive the Sun's most direct rays. So, when the North Pole tilts toward the Sun, it's summer in the Northern Hemisphere. And when the South Pole tilts toward the Sun, it's winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
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It would more correct to say that the Earth has seasons because it tilts, rather than saying the Earth tilts to make seasons.
If the north axis tilts towards the sun, the northern hemisphere is in summer and the southern hemisphere is in winter. The reverse is true when the north axis points away from the sun.
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False. Earth rotates on its axis about once every 24 hours, causing day and night cycles. It completes one full rotation every day.
Yes, it tilts on it's side like Earth. This causes it to have seasons.
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No, the angle of the earth on its axis determines the actual climate. Since the earth tilts on the axis and the widest area of the earth is the equator, winter occurs in the northern hemisphere when earth is closest to the sun, but is actually tilted away from the sun on its axis. When the earth tilts back toward the sun, summer comes to the northern hemisphere.