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What happens to the Sun’s position in the sky as the Earth moves in its orbit from winter to spring? need this ASAP

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Answer: As Earth orbits our Sun, the position of its axis relative to the Sun changes. This results in a change in the observed height of our Sun above the horizon. For any given location on Earth, our Sun is observed to trace a higher path above the horizon in the summer, and a lower path in the winter.

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On the summer solstice, the Earth's north pole is tipped toward the Sun. In the northern hemisphere, this means the Sun gets high in the sky at noon. But in the winter, when the Earth is on the other side of its orbit, the Earth's north pole is tipped away from the Sun, so at noon the Sun doesn't get as high.

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