The Earth spins around the Sun, and sometimes we are tilted toward it, making summer. Other times, we're tilted away, giving us winter. It's like a giant game of tilt and shine! ## Why It Matters When Earth is tilted toward the Sun, more sunlight hits our part of the planet, that’s summer. When it tilts away, less light reaches us, that’s winter. The change in how much sunlight we get makes the seasons switch.
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- Imagine Earth is like a spinning top tilted toward the Sun, that’s summer! When it tilts away, that’s winter.
- If you're in the Northern Hemisphere, you get more sunlight when you're tilted toward the Sun, that's why it's warmer.
- When Earth is tilted away from the Sun, it gets colder, like when your back is to a lamp and you feel less heat.
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See also
- Why Do We Have Different Seasons in Different Parts of the World?
- Why Do We Have Seasons?
- What Causes the ‘Seasons’ and How Are They Predicted?
- What Causes the Seasons and How Do They Affect Us?
- How Do ‘Eclipses’ Happen and Why Are They So Special?
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