The Northern Hemisphere is inclined towards the Sun (so the rays are more nearly perpendicular to the ground). It was most inclined around June 20th and will be least inclined, without leaning away, on September 22nd. On December 21st, it will be tilted at its maximum angle away from the Sun.
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No. It is not "the Earth" that is tilted away or towards the Sun, it is the hemisphere in which you live. And if you have summer, that basically means that your hemisphere is tilted TOWARDS the Sun.
No. Earth's orbit is NOT tilted. Earth orbits the Sun in the same plane as the rest of the planets. What IS tilted is Earth's axis of spin (as compared to the plane of its orbit), It is this tilt of this axis that causes the seasons as Earth makes its annual orbit of the Sun.
Rather than being perpendicular to the orbital plane of the Earth around the sun, the rotational axis of the Earth is tilted. This is the reason we have seasons.
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In a way, the Earth's axis IS tilted on its side, that's why we have seasons.
It is a result of the way the earth is tilted on its axis
No. The Earth is closest to the Sun in early January. The seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth on it's axis relative to the Sun. In August the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun and thus is at its hottest. In January the southern hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun and it's at its hottest, while the northern hemisphere is tilted away making it colder.
This is because (a) Earth revolves around the Sun, (b) Earth's axis is tilted, and (c) roughly speaking, and as a first approximation, Earth's axis maintains its direction in space.
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The earth is always tilted on its axis. It is about 23.5o
no, the seasons have nothing to do with it. it's the way the earth points to the sun
The Earth's axis is tilted by about 23.5 degrees.
The earth is tilted away from the sun.
because of its axis and it rotates all around and every way around.
It depends on the way the Earth is tilted