Introduction The earth usually experiences four seasons namely, the winter, spring, summer, and autumn. In understanding the reasons why seasons occur on earth, different people tend to have differed misconceptions on the way that they understand the different reasons behind the seasons (Gould et al., 2000). Each individual has his or her own views on the seasons and this has led to some common misconceptions being drawn from all the experienced misconceptions. This paper will discuss some of the misconceptions that people have on the reasons for seasons, the main reasons for seasons and a discussion of the seasons experienced on other planets in the solar system.
Common misconceptions
In understanding the main reasons why seasons occur, students always have some misconceptions, some of the misconceptions that students have include that of believing that it is winter just because it is cold or due to the presence of the snow and that it is summer because it is hot, in real sense, these might not be the best way to understand the seasons. The other misconception is that, we happen to experience different seasons due to the changing distance between the
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Greatly, the orbit of Mars around the earth is more elliptical at certain periods of the year and this makes it to receive more energy at these periods than in other times. This makes the planet to have a longer hot period compared to the other planets (Jamrozik, 1993). Additionally, the other planets tend to move fastest at the perihelion and slowest at aphelion. In our solar system, every planet happens to have its own seasons although they are extremely different from the traditional seasons that are experienced on earth. The variations in the climates of the world all depend on the tilt of the planet’s axis, which is always responsible for different seasons in the planets (Gould et al.,