SEASON

INTRODUCTION
A season is a division of the year based on changes
in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a
given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of Earth's
orbit around the Sun and Earth's axial tilt relative to
the ecliptic plane.
 AXIAL TILT
• The seasons result from the Earth's axis of rotation being tilted with
respect to its orbital plane by an angle of approximately 23.4 degrees.
• Regardless of the time of year, the northern and southern
hemispheres always experience opposite seasons. This is because
during summer or winter, one part of the planet is more directly exposed
to the rays of the Sun than the other, and this exposure alternates as the
Earth revolves in its orbit.
 FOUR SEASONS
• Most calendar-based methods use a four-season model to identify the
warmest and coldest seasons, which are separated by two intermediate
seasons
• Meteorological seasons are reckoned by temperature, with summer being
the hottest quarter of the year and winter the coldest quarter of the year.. 
 SUMMER
• Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, falling after spring
 and before autumn.
• At or around the summer solstice (about 3 days before Midsummer Day),
the earliest sunrise and latest sunset occurs, the days are longest and the
nights are shortest, with day length decreasing as the season progresses
after the solstice.
 WINTER
• Winter is the coldest season of the year in polar and temperate zones, It
occurs after autumn and before spring in each year.
• Winter is caused by the axis of the Earth in that hemisphere being
oriented away from the Sun.
• When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it is summer in the 
Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa.
 Solstices
• Occur twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is oriented at its
extremes. Tilted the farthest or closest
• Winter solstice is the shortest day of the year. In the Northern
Hemisphere. It occurs on December 21 or 22 and marks the beginning of
winter.
• The Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year. It occurs on June 20 or
21 and marks the beginning of summer.
 Equinoxes
• A day lasts 12 hours and a night lasts 12 hours at all latitudes.
• Equinox literally means "equal night".
• Sunlight strikes the earth most directly at the equator.
• This occurs twice a year.
SIX SEASONS