Question

The Earth's axis of rotation is tilted. Because of this, the amount of sunlight an area on the planet receives each day varies depending on the time of year. These variations result in four distinct seasons.

The diagram below shows the Earth at one particular point in its yearly revolution around the Sun.


Image courtesy of NASA

When the Earth is in the position shown above, the Northern Hemisphere experiences the beginning of
because that hemisphere is tilted
the Sun.

Answer 1

When the Earth is in the position shown above, the Northern Hemisphere experiences the beginning of summer because that hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun.

(If it were tilted away from the Sun, the Northern Hemisphere would be beginning winter.)