In that case, it is basically summer in the northern hemisphere, and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
In that case, it is basically summer in the northern hemisphere, and winter in the southern hemisphere.
In that case, it is basically summer in the northern hemisphere, and winter in the southern hemisphere.
In that case, it is basically summer in the northern hemisphere, and winter in the southern hemisphere.
It is September or March when neither half of Earth is tilted towards the sun, resulting in equal day and night length, known as the equinoxes.
The 'tilt' of the Earth's axis doesn't change. The axis always makes an angle of about 661/2 degrees with the plane of the Earth's orbit, and the north pole is always pointed toward the same spot in the sky, near the star Polaris. But as we ride around the sun in the course of a year, since the axis always points toward the same place, that means that the north pole is tilted toward the sun during half of the trip, and away from the sun during the other half. And there are two moments during the year when the axis is neither toward nor away from the sun ... those are always around March 21 and September 22. If you're on the half of Earth that's tilted toward the sun, then you have Spring and Summer. And if you're on the half of Earth that's tilted away from the sun, then you have Fall and Winter. (It has nothing to do with being closer or farther from the sun. It's all on account of the tilt.)
The tilt of Earth's axis causes seasons by affecting the angle at which sunlight hits the surface. When one hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, it is summer there, while the other hemisphere is tilted away and experiences winter. This tilt, combined with Earth's orbit around the sun, creates a division of seasons between the northern and southern hemispheres.
If Earth's axis was not tilted, there would be no seasons. The seasons occur because the axis on which Earth turns is tilted with respect to the plane of Earth's orbit around the Sun. The North Pole is tilted toward the Sun for half of the year, and the South Pole is tilted toward the Sun for the other half of the year. The hemisphere that is tilted toward the Sun has a longer day, receives more of the Sun's rays, and receives them more directly than the hemisphere tilted away from the Sun. These conditions result in the season called summer.
Not really; Neptune has its axis (its poles) tilted at 28o which is very similar to the Earth's tilt of 23o. Perhaps you are thinking of the planet Uranus which has its axis tilted 98o , which means that one of its poles is always pointed almost directly toward the Sun and the other pole is pointed toward the outer Solar System. This means that roughly one half of Uranus is always sunlit and the rest is always in darkness, which fits the word "sideways" pretty well.
Away.
Away for half of the year, and toward for the other half of the year.
it is summer in the northern hemisphere
It is September or March when neither half of Earth is tilted towards the sun, resulting in equal day and night length, known as the equinoxes.
It is because,the earth is 66 & a half degrees tilted.
No, the Earth's axis is tilted 23.5 degrees to the Sun.
Day can be defined as the period during which one half of the Earth (or any planet) is facing the Sun as the planet rotates. Spherical objects are only 50% illuminated by any point source of light. The Sun, being wider than the Earth, does illuminate very slightly more than half of the Earth. Night then exists for the half of the planet facing away from the Sun. Except on the equinoxes (first day of Spring or Fall) the illuminated region is not equally divided between northern and southern hemispheres. The Earth is tilted on its rotational axis, so that one of the the two hemispheres is tilted toward the Sun or away from the Sun. The hemisphere tilted toward the Sun is more illuminated, and the days will be longer than the nights.
The 'tilt' of the Earth's axis doesn't change. The axis always makes an angle of about 661/2 degrees with the plane of the Earth's orbit, and the north pole is always pointed toward the same spot in the sky, near the star Polaris. But as we ride around the sun in the course of a year, since the axis always points toward the same place, that means that the north pole is tilted toward the sun during half of the trip, and away from the sun during the other half. And there are two moments during the year when the axis is neither toward nor away from the sun ... those are always around March 21 and September 22. If you're on the half of Earth that's tilted toward the sun, then you have Spring and Summer. And if you're on the half of Earth that's tilted away from the sun, then you have Fall and Winter. (It has nothing to do with being closer or farther from the sun. It's all on account of the tilt.)
The Earth is tilted about 23 degrees from being straight up-and-down relative to the sun. When your half (northern or southern hemisphere) is tilted toward the sun, you get more direct sunlight and it's summer. When it's summer in one hemisphere, it's winter in the other.
The tilt of Earth's axis causes seasons by affecting the angle at which sunlight hits the surface. When one hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, it is summer there, while the other hemisphere is tilted away and experiences winter. This tilt, combined with Earth's orbit around the sun, creates a division of seasons between the northern and southern hemispheres.
The earth is traveling counter clockwise around the sun.
earths axis is responsible for seasons because if its tilted toward the sun then it would be summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern now if it was tilted away from the sun then it would be winter in the northern hemisphere and summer in the southern hemisphere