In the month of June, it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere. Why?
Answers
Explanation:
Why are seasons in the Northern Hemisphere opposite to those in the Southern Hemisphere?
That is because they are on opposite sides of our planet. If one side is illuminated, then the other side must be shadowed. So the Earth alternates between
Northern hemisphere tilted toward the Sun, southern hemisphere tilted away from the Sun
and
Northern hemisphere tilted away from the Sun, southern hemisphere tilted toward the Sun
It does so by moving around the Sun; the Earth’s spin axis moves much more slowly.
Tilting toward the Sun makes summer, and tilting away from the Sun makes winter.
The two states are thus Northern Hemisphere summer and Southern Hemisphere winter, and Northern Hemisphere winter and Southern Hemisphere summer.
Turning to the remaining two seasons, spring is winter-to-summer and fall is summer-to-winter, thus the two hempsheres also have one hemisphere spring, the other hemsphere fall.
Answer:
in June in the Northern Hemisphere because the sun's rays hit that part of Earth more directly than at any other time of the year. It is winter in December in the Northern Hemisphere, because that is when it is the South Pole's turn to be tilted toward the sun.
Explanation:
☞ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
☞What Causes the Seasons?
in short
Earth's tilted axis causes the seasons. 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.
☞It's all about Earth's tilt!
Many people believe that Earth is closer to the sun in the summer and that is why it is hotter. And, likewise, they think Earth is farthest from the sun in the winter.
❕Although this idea makes sense, it is incorrect.
It is true that Earth's orbit is not a perfect circle. It is a bit lop-sided. During part of the year, Earth is closer to the sun than at other times. However, in the Northern Hemisphere, we are having winter when Earth is closest to the sun and summer when it is farthest away! Compared with how far away the sun is, this change in Earth's distance throughout the year does not make much difference to our weather.
☞There is a different reason for Earth's seasons.
Earth's axis is an imaginary pole going right through the center of Earth from "top" to "bottom." Earth spins around this pole, making one complete turn each day. That is why we have day and night, and why every part of Earth's surface gets some of each.
Earth has seasons because its axis doesn't stand up straight.
☞But what caused Earth to tilt?
Long, long ago, when Earth was young, it is thought that something big hit Earth and knocked it off-kilter. So instead of rotating with its axis straight up and down, it leans over a bit.
Cartoon of large object hitting Earth, knocking out big chunks of material that become the future Moon, and tilting the Earth's axis.
By the way, that big thing that hit Earth is called Theia. It also blasted a big hole in the surface. That big hit sent a huge amount of dust and rubble into orbit. Most scientists think that that rubble, in time, became our Moon.
As Earth orbits the sun, its tilted axis always points in the same direction. So, throughout the year, different parts of Earth get the sun’s direct rays.
Earth's tilt is the reason for the seasons. View of Earth in relation to sun during each of the four seasons. The hemisphere receiving the direct rays of the sun has summer while the hemisphere tilted away from the sun, thus getting its rays from more of an angle, has winter.
Sometimes it is the North Pole tilting toward the sun (around June) and sometimes it is the South Pole tilting toward the sun (around December).