WHAT CAUSES SEASONS

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North Pole

Geography. the end of the earth's axis of rotation, marking the northernmost point on the earth.

South Pole

Geography. the southern end of the earth's axis, the southernmost point on earth

Tilt

slant

Revelation

the act of revealing or disclosing

What causes Seasons

"The seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth's rotational axis away or toward the sun as it travels through its year-long path around the sun. The Earth has a tilt of 23.5 degrees relative to the "ecliptic plane" (the imaginary surface formed by it's almost-cicular path around the sun)"

solstices

either of the two points in the ecliptic farthest from the equator

Equinox

he time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox)

Rotation

turning around as on an axis


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