No it does not. Earth's seasons are affected by Earth's tilt. The earth is tilted 23.5 degrees so seasons are created by the sun's direct rays hitting different parts of the earth. Summer in the...
SUCH AN INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT THAT IT JUST SOFTENS THE WINTER AND SUMMER TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE EARTH IS CLOSEST TO THE SUN IN JANUARY.
In fact, it does. The reason that there are all different kinds of living species currently populating Earth, is because of the distance the Earth and Sun are apart. We all should have realized that...
The sun affects the seasons because the earth's axis is tilted 23½º respect to the plane of its orbit around the sun. When the hemisphere where you live is tilted towards the sun the rays fall more...
When Earth orbits the sun, its eccentricity of the orbit is only 0.017. That's very close to 0, a perfect circle. So when it's at its closest to the sun (perihelion) , it doesn't make a difference.