Why Do We Have Different Seasons Around the World?

Imagine Earth is like a spinning top that’s tilted. When one side of the top faces the Sun more directly, it gets warmer, summer! When the other side turns away from the Sun, it gets cooler, winter! This tilt and spin cause different seasons in different parts of the world.

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When it's summer in New York, it's winter in Sydney because they're on opposite sides of the world.
Imagine a person holding a flashlight (the Sun) while another spins around them with a tilted globe, that's how seasons work.
A tree in Brazil might be losing its leaves during winter, even though it’s summer in Canada.

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