Question

What is summer solstice and winter solstice?

Answer 1

The Summer Solstice is the longest day (most daylight hours) of the year for people living in the northern hemisphere. It is also the day that the Sun reaches its highest point in the sky. The winter solstice, or the shortest day of the year, happens when the Earth's North Pole is tilted farthest from the Sun.

Answer 2

On June 21 the sun's rays fall vertically on the tropic of cancer. This is the northern most point that the vertical rays of the sun can reach .In the Northern Hemisphere ,it is the longest day of the year. This is the summer solstice.

On 22 December, the sun's rays fall vertically on the tropic of Capricorn . This is the Southern most point that the vertical rays of the sun can reach .In the Southern Hemisphere ,it is the longest day of the year. This is the winter solstice