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• Fact 1 : The Earth takes a whole year to orbit the Sun.
• Fact 2 : It goes through all of the seasons in that time.
• Fact 3 : The seasons of Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn or Fall.
• Fact 4 : In a UK Winter the Northern Hemisphere is pointing away from the Sun.
• Fact 5 : In a UK Spring the Northern Hemisphere is side on to the Sun.
• Fact 6 : In a UK Summer the Northern Hemisphere is pointing towards the Sun.
• Fact 7 : In a UK Autumn/ Fall the Northern Hemisphere is side on to the Sun.
• Fact 8 : The hours of sunshine between sunrise and sunset vary throughout the year.
• Fact 9 : The longer the Sun is in the sky the greater the heat.
• Fact 10 : The seasons are opposite in the Hemispheres.
• Fact 11 : When it's Winter in the Northern Hemisphere it's Summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Fact 12 : When it's Spring in the Northern Hemisphere it's Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.

See if you can learn a series of facts about the Earth, Sun, Planets and Solar System.