Opposite seasons
When it is summer here, it is winter there.
Two halves of the Earth
The Earth has a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern Hemisphere. India is in the Northern Hemisphere.
In June it is summer in India. What is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
What this lesson covers
The idea
Seasons and length of daytime in the Southern Hemisphere are reversed compared to the Northern Hemisphere: it is winter there in June and summer in December.
Two halves of the Earth
The Earth has a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern Hemisphere. India is in the Northern Hemisphere.
In June it is summer in India. What is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
- Winter
- Summer too
- Always spring
Both halves together
Look at June, then December. Check the season and the daytime in each hemisphere.
Opposite, always
When one half leans towards the Sun, the other leans away. So their seasons, and the length of their days, are reversed.
Seasons and length of daytime in the Southern Hemisphere are reversed compared to the Northern Hemisphere: it is winter there in June and summer in December.
Notes
Seasons and length of daytime in the Southern Hemisphere are reversed compared to the Northern Hemisphere: it is winter there in June and summer in December.
Check yourself
In June, it is winter in the …
In December the Southern Hemisphere has …
When the Northern Hemisphere has its longest days, the Southern Hemisphere has …
Why are the seasons reversed?
- Southern Hemisphere — correct. Yes! The Southern Hemisphere leans away from the Sun in June.
- whole Earth. The two hemispheres have opposite seasons.
- Northern Hemisphere. In June the Northern Hemisphere has summer.
- no sunlight at all. It still gets sunlight. It has long days and summer.
- summer — correct. Yes! It leans towards the Sun in December.
- winter. The Southern Hemisphere has winter in June.
- its longest days too. The length of daytime is reversed, not the same.
- days of exactly 12 hours. Exactly 12 hours is at the equinoxes. In June the Southern days are short.
- its shortest days — correct. Yes! The length of daytime is reversed.
- When one hemisphere leans towards the Sun, the other leans away — correct. Yes! The tilt does this.
- The Earth turns the other way in the south. The whole Earth rotates the same way.
- The Sun shines only on one half. The Sun lights both halves, but at different slants and for different hours.