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Earth has seasons primarily due to its _____.

A. tilt
B. rate of rotation
C. rate of revolution
D. distance from the Sun

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Earth has seasons because of its tilt.
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Earth has seasons primarily due to its tilt of roughly 23 degrees, since this allows for sunlight to hit the Earth in different ways as the Earth rotates around the Sun. The distance of this rotation remains fairly constant. 
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