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: In the [[summer]] '''season''' the days are long and the temperature is hot.
: [[Winter]] is the '''season''' when the days are short and the temperature is cold.
: In the [[springSpring]] '''season''' the days are getting longer and the temperature is getting higher.
: In the '''season''' of [[autumn]] the days are getting shorter and the temperature is getting lower.
==Key Stage 2==
===Meaning===
There are four '''seasons'''; spring, summer, autumn and winter every year.
==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
A [[season]] is a quarter of a [[year]] with certain patterns of [[weather]].
===About Seasons===
: [[Season]]s are caused by the tilt of the [[Earth]] on its [[axis]].
: When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards [[The Sun]] the Northern Hemisphere is in [[summer]] and the Southern Hemisphere is in [[winter]].
: When the Southern Hemisphere is tilted towards [[The Sun]] the Southern Hemisphere is in [[summer]] and the Northern Hemisphere is in [[winter]].
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from [[The Sun]] so it is in [[winter]]. The [[Light Ray|rays of light]] are spread further apart when they hit the [[Earth]]s surface in the Northern Hemisphere and closer together in the Southern Hemisphere.
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |On the right the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards [[The Sun]] so it is in [[summer]] while the Southern Hemisphere is in [[winter]]. On the left the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from [[The Sun]] so it is in [[winter]] while the Southern Hemisphere is in [[summer]]. At the top the Northern Hemisphere is in [[autumn]] and the Southern Hemisphere is in [[spring]]. At the bottom the Northern Hemisphere is in [[spring]] and the Southern Hemisphere is in [[autumn]].
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===Extra Information===
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD_8Jm5pTLk}}
==Key Stage 4==
===Meaning===
A [[season]] is a quarter of a [[year]] with certain patterns of [[weather]].
===References===
====AQA====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158770/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158770&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ec31595e720e1529e49876c3866fff6e ''Season, page 274, GCSE Physics; Student Book, Collins, AQA '']