# Why We Have Seasons

Explain that the seasons are caused by the tilt of Earth's axis during its orbit around the Sun, distinguishing this from the common misconception that seasons are caused by changing distance from the Sun

Builds on: The solar system (age 11+) (soft, https://ai.page/c/the-solar-system-age-11/en.md), Earth & Space Vocabulary (hard, https://ai.page/c/earth-and-space-vocabulary/en.md), Earth's rotation and day/night (hard, https://ai.page/c/earth-s-rotation-and-day-night/en.md)

Concept id: why-we-have-seasons. Subject: science. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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