Question

How does Earth’s position relative to the Sun cause the four seasons?

a. Earth orbits the Sun once a year and is in a different position with respect to the Sun every three months, resulting in four seasons.


b. The tilt of Earth’s axis with respect to its orbit changes back and forth approximately 46 degrees every six months, resulting in four seasons.


c. Earth’s axis is tilted with respect to its orbit, so, as it revolves around the Sun its tilt with respect to the Sun changes, resulting in four seasons.


d. Earth rotates on its axis every twenty-four hours, and, since the axis is tilted with respect to the Sun, different parts of Earth experience different day-lengths, resulting in four seasons

Answer 1

c. Earth’s axis is tilted with respect to its orbit, so, as it revolves around the Sun its tilt with respect to the Sun changes, resulting in four seasons.

Step-by-step explanation:

Earth’s tilted cause the four seasons in different parts of earth. In summer, the surface of earth is present directly to the sun causes high temperature of that region while on the other hand, the same region experience cold temperature in winter due to tilt of the earth which does not allow the solar radiation comes directly to that region of the earth that leads to cold temperature.