Scalar and Vector Quantities

Cards (7)

  • List the examples of Scalar Quantities?
    Time, Distance, Energy, Speed,
    Temperature and mass.
  • What is a scalar quantity?
    Have a value/size/Magnitude but no direction.
  • List the examples of Vector quantities?
    Displacement, Weight, Force, Velocity, Acceleration and momentum.
  • What is a Vector quantity?
    Have a value/size/magnitude and a direction.
  • How can we represent vectors?
    By using arrows.
  • What does the length of the arrow on a vector represent?
    The magnitude of the vector.
  • What does the direction of the arrow on a vector represent?
    Represents the direction of the vector.