Question

Explain the

difference between a vector and a scalar quantity.Please give at
least two examples of different variables that arevector and scalar
quantities.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Vector quantity: These are quantities that have both magnitude and direction.

Examples of vector quantities are:

(1) Velocity

(2)Acceleration

(3) Force

(4) Displacement

(5) Weight

(6) Momentum

(7) Torque

(8) Moment

(9) Impulse

(10) Electric field intensity.

While

Scalar quantity: These are quantities that have magnitude only.

Examples of scalar quantities are:

(1)speed

(2) distance

(3) temperature

(4) mass

(5) time etc