2. Which of these things does NOT happen in the winter?

Name A. Weather is colder in most of the Northern Hemisphere.

B. Nights are longer.
C. Days are shorter.
D. It gets dark later.
Winter
By Cindy Grigg 3. When does winter start in the Northern Hemisphere?

Our year has four parts.

The parts are called
seasons. Each season has its
own weather. Winter is
usually the coldest season.
Winter in the Northern
Hemisphere starts in the 4. What causes the seasons?
month of December. South
of the equator, the seasons A. the calendar
are reversed. Our winter is B. the tilt of the Earth's axis
their summer. Our summer C. the weather
is their winter. Some people D. all of the above
think that Earth is farther away from the sun in winter. That is not
true. The Earth is really closer to the sun in winter than in summer! 5. You can guess from reading this story that winter in the
Seasons are caused by the tilt of Earth's axis. When the Northern Southern Hemisphere starts in ______.
Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, it is winter. Days are shorter. A. June
It gets dark early. Nights are longer. The sun is lower in the sky. The B. December
sun's rays hit the Northern Hemisphere less directly. The sun's energy C. September
is spread out over a bigger area. That is why winter is colder. After D. March
winter comes spring.
6. Winter is colder because ______.
Winter

Questions
1. Name the four seasons.
 Pretend you are spending Christmas vacation in the Southern
Name Hemisphere. Remember the seasons are opposite - it is summer there!
Write about your summer Christmas vacation.

Write a story that takes place in winter.