Astronomy Help, Thanks!!!?

The Earth rotates on a tilted axis (23.5 degrees). This means that during summer in the Northern hemisphere, the North is tilted toward the sun, meaning it is closer to the sun (although this isn't the reason its warmer) and it spends more time in the sun (this is why). As Earth continues to orbit throughout the year, the same side that was tilted towards the sun will remain titled that same direction, however now it is further round, and now the Southern Hemisphere is the one getting more sunlight.

Place a fist in front of you. Tilt your palm toward this fist (in between your face and the fist and fingers close to the fist). Make your titled hand orbit around your fist but keep the fingers facing the same direction always (our rotation is on this axis so it does not change its direction of tilt) as your hand moves around your fist, the fingers are further away when that hand is opposite your fist, but when it is between you and your fist they are close again.

Round about way of thinking about it, that would have been much easier in person, sorry.
 
The rotation of the earth on its axis and the rotation around the sun both effect the seasons and constellations. Sometimes the earth is a bit closer to the sun, due to an elliptical orbit, thus the different seasons. Also the sky moves with the earth through the year.
 
the Earth's orbit changes shape from circular to elliptical, and then back to circular. Circular of course is perfectly circular and so the Earth's average distance from the Sun is highly accurate and constant. That leads to colder temperatures. Because slight changes can cause a huge change in the weather. With an elliptical orbit, the Earth's orbit is more like an oval than before. This brings the Earth closer to the Sun. Most of the year, the Earth is closer to the Sun. Just like a dot in the middle of an oval, the height is much greater than it's diameter. And if you draw lines to make the shape look divided like a pizza, most of the pieces are short, not long. That's because the shape is narrow of course. Now with the Earth, the closer distance from the Sun through most of the year, temperatures don't drop low enough to keep the temperatures normal and that leads to hotter years throughout that part of the cycle.
 
The rotation of the earth on its axis and the rotation around the sun both effect the seasons and constellations. Sometimes the earth is a bit closer to the sun, due to an elliptical orbit, thus the different seasons. Also the sky moves with the earth through the year.
 
The Earth rotates on a tilted axis (23.5 degrees). This means that during summer in the Northern hemisphere, the North is tilted toward the sun, meaning it is closer to the sun (although this isn't the reason its warmer) and it spends more time in the sun (this is why). As Earth continues to orbit throughout the year, the same side that was tilted towards the sun will remain titled that same direction, however now it is further round, and now the Southern Hemisphere is the one getting more sunlight.

Place a fist in front of you. Tilt your palm toward this fist (in between your face and the fist and fingers close to the fist). Make your titled hand orbit around your fist but keep the fingers facing the same direction always (our rotation is on this axis so it does not change its direction of tilt) as your hand moves around your fist, the fingers are further away when that hand is opposite your fist, but when it is between you and your fist they are close again.

Round about way of thinking about it, that would have been much easier in person, sorry.
 
the Earth's orbit changes shape from circular to elliptical, and then back to circular. Circular of course is perfectly circular and so the Earth's average distance from the Sun is highly accurate and constant. That leads to colder temperatures. Because slight changes can cause a huge change in the weather. With an elliptical orbit, the Earth's orbit is more like an oval than before. This brings the Earth closer to the Sun. Most of the year, the Earth is closer to the Sun. Just like a dot in the middle of an oval, the height is much greater than it's diameter. And if you draw lines to make the shape look divided like a pizza, most of the pieces are short, not long. That's because the shape is narrow of course. Now with the Earth, the closer distance from the Sun through most of the year, temperatures don't drop low enough to keep the temperatures normal and that leads to hotter years throughout that part of the cycle.
 
The rotation of the earth on its axis and the rotation around the sun both effect the seasons and constellations. Sometimes the earth is a bit closer to the sun, due to an elliptical orbit, thus the different seasons. Also the sky moves with the earth through the year.
 
the Earth's orbit changes shape from circular to elliptical, and then back to circular. Circular of course is perfectly circular and so the Earth's average distance from the Sun is highly accurate and constant. That leads to colder temperatures. Because slight changes can cause a huge change in the weather. With an elliptical orbit, the Earth's orbit is more like an oval than before. This brings the Earth closer to the Sun. Most of the year, the Earth is closer to the Sun. Just like a dot in the middle of an oval, the height is much greater than it's diameter. And if you draw lines to make the shape look divided like a pizza, most of the pieces are short, not long. That's because the shape is narrow of course. Now with the Earth, the closer distance from the Sun through most of the year, temperatures don't drop low enough to keep the temperatures normal and that leads to hotter years throughout that part of the cycle.
 
The rotation of the earth on its axis and the rotation around the sun both effect the seasons and constellations. Sometimes the earth is a bit closer to the sun, due to an elliptical orbit, thus the different seasons. Also the sky moves with the earth through the year.
 
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