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What is the difference between a solstice and an equinox?
Learn more about solstices and equinoxes.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
What causes the seasons?
In many parts of the world, weather cycles through the four seasons like clockwork:...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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seasonal configuration of Earth and Sun
Earth's orbit around the Sun, with the positions of solstices and equinoxes.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Earth's axis and sunlight
The primary cause of Earth's seasons is the change in the amount of sunlight reaching...
© Merriam-Webster Inc.
sunlight strikes parts of Earth differently
The primary cause of Earth's seasons is the change in the amount of sunlight reaching...
© Merriam-Webster Inc.
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