Leap years _____. happen because the Earth revolves around the sun in less than 365 days make up for the extra one-fourth day th
e Earth needs to orbit the sun add an extra day to the end of December, making the month 32 days long subtract a day from February, making the month only 27 days long
The Earth takes (365 and 1/4) days to orbit the sun. That's the length of our 'year'.
Since it's not really possible to make our calendar a quarter of a day longer every year, we make the calendar a <u><em>whole</em></u> day longer every 4 years.
So "Leap years" make up for the extra one-fourth day the Earth takes to orbit the sun.
