FORM 4: 1.3 UNDERSTANDING SCALAR AND VECTOR QUANTITIES

THE MEANING OF SCALAR QUANTITIES

Scalar quantities are quantities that have magnitude but no direction.

THE MEANING OF VECTOR QUANTITIES

Vector quantities are quantities that have both magnitude and direction.

EXAMPLES OF SCALAR AND VECTOR QUANTITIES

SCALAR QUANTITIES	VECTOR QUANTITIES
length	momentum
mass	weight
distance	displacement
work	pressure
temperature	impulse
time	impulsive force
volume	acceleration
speed	velocity
energy	gravitational acceleration
density	force