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Compare Opposite Season Patterns - Practice 2

Reverse the hemisphere and check whether the same explanation still works.

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Earth's axis keeps nearly the same direction during a yearly orbit. When one hemisphere tilts toward the Sun, it has summer while the other has winter. Longer daylight and more direct sunlight generally support summer warming. Both hemispheres share nearly the same Earth-Sun distance; daily weather still varies.

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At one invented midlatitude location, a summer record has 14 daylight hours and a winter record has 10. The difference is 4 hours. This comparison is not a rule for every latitude. The hemisphere on the opposite side of the equator has the opposite seasonal pattern.

Worked example: two labeled bars show 14 daylight hours in summer and 10 in winter at one fictional midlatitude location, a difference of 4 hours. Bar widths use the same scale.
Invented example only. Use the different hours and named hemisphere in the practice record.

Southern Location Record

At orbit position Q, the Southern Hemisphere tilts toward the Sun. A fictional midlatitude southern location has 16 hours of daylight. At the opposite part of the orbit, the same location has 8 daylight hours. These invented records are not for a real town and do not predict an afternoon's temperature.

Question 1 At position Q, which seasonal pair fits the model?
Question 2 How many more daylight hours does the southern record at Q have than the other record?
Question 3 Compared with its own summer, which combination fits this location's winter?
Question 4 Which explanation accounts for the opposite seasons at Q?
Question 5 A northern location reports one warm winter afternoon while the south has summer. Does that alone disprove the seasonal model?