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What Causes Climate?

Question 2 • SC332 Environmental Science B

The seasons are caused by

Answer
A
Earth’s varying distance from the sun.
B
Earth’s changing rate of rotation.
C
the tilt of Earth’s axis as Earth revolves around the sun.
D
shifting climates on Earth’s surface.

Explanation

Earth’s axis is tilted, so as Earth revolves around the Sun, each hemisphere receives different amounts of direct sunlight and daylight during the year. When a hemisphere tilts toward the Sun, it experiences summer; when it tilts away, it experiences winter. Therefore, the seasons are caused by the tilt of Earth’s axis as Earth revolves around the Sun.

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