Question

select the correct answer. which seasons are the northern and southern hemispheres experiencing in the image? image of earth and sun a. it is summer in both the northern and southern hemispheres. b. it is summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere. c. it is winter in both the northern and southern hemispheres. d. it is winter in the northern hemisphere and summer in the southern hemisphere.

Explanation:

The Earth's tilt causes opposite seasons in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, it has summer, and the Southern Hemisphere (tilted away) has winter, and vice versa. In the image (assuming the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, as is typical in such diagrams for summer in the North), option B states summer in the Northern and winter in the Southern, which aligns with the seasonal contrast due to Earth's axial tilt. Option A is wrong (seasons are opposite), C is wrong (seasons can't be same), D is the reverse of the correct seasonal contrast.

Answer:

B. It is summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.