Help solve this physics Mechanical energy questions

Which seasons are the northern and southern hemispheres experiencing in the image? it is summer in both the northern and southern hemispheres. it is summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere. it is winter in both the northern and southern hemispheres. it is winter in the northern hemisphere and summer in the southern hemisphere.

Standing side by side ,you and a friend step off a bridge at different times and fall for 1.6s to the water below.your friend goes first,and you follow after he has dropped a distance of 2.0m.when your friend hits the water,is the seperation between the two of you 2.0m or more than 2.0m? verify your answer with a calculation.

Idon’t quite understand this problem