Suppose the Earth's axis had not been tilted to the plane of its orbit. How would this have affected the annual seasons on the Earth?

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The seasons are caused by the tilt of the earth's axis and revolution of the earth around the sun. If the earth's axis had not been tilted to the plane of its orbit then there would have been no seasons and humanity would have suffered.

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