Reasons+for+Seasons

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Question: How does a city's position on the earth affect the occurrence of seasons?

Claim: In my opinion, seasons are opposite in the southern hemisphere.. That means that the other statement, (The earth is farther away from the sun in winter) is false. If you look at the graph, the two cities in the northern hemisphere, New York and Tokyo are very similar in temperature. Also if you look at the two southern cities, Sydney and Johannesburg they are similar as well. Around June and July, the two northern cities reach over 80 degrees. The two southern cities only reach up to only 60 during June and July. Basically, they each separate into two groups and stay similar temperatures. If not, they will both have the same temperature at one point during the year. You can tell by looking at a globe and seeing which cities are lower or higher than the equator.