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  • Physical quantities measured by scientists fall into two categories: scalars and vectors
  • Scalars are physical quantities that have magnitude (size) only, such as energy, temperature, mass, distance
  • Vectors are measurements that have size (magnitude) and direction, like a displacement of 4 m North
  • Speed is a scalar quantity where direction is not important
  • Velocity is a vector quantity where direction is important
  • Scalar quantities in Physics include: mass, distance, speed, rate of change of speed, time
  • Vector quantities in Physics include: displacement, velocity, acceleration, force, weight