Activity 10: Complete Me! Directions, Complete the statement below. Choose your answer inside the box Summer winter tiited indirectly Earth's seasons are determined by the angle at which sunlight hits the Earth. In the Sun is high in the sky and sunlight hits the Earth directly. In the Sun is low in the sky and the Sun's rays strike the Earth (2) at an oblique (ehallow) angle. The seasons occur because the Earth's spis is relative to the path of its orbit around the Sun and not because the distance between the Earth and the Sun vary as the Earth revolves around it.​