Why It Matters When Earth is tilted toward the Sun, more [sunlight](/search?q=sunlight) hits our part of the [planet](/search?q=planet), that’s summer. When it tilts away, less light reaches us, that’s winter. The change in how much sunlight we get makes the [seasons](/search?q=seasons) switch.
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- Imagine Earth is like a spinning top tilted toward the Sun, that’s summer! When it tilts away, that’s winter.
- If you're in the Northern Hemisphere, you get more sunlight when you're tilted toward the Sun, that's why it's warmer.
- When Earth is tilted away from the Sun, it gets colder, like when your back is to a lamp and you feel less heat.
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