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SCALAR AND VECTOR (Short Facts, Grade 7 Lesson)
SCALAR AND VECTOR (Short Facts, Grade 7 Lesson)
SCALAR AND VECTOR (Short Facts, Grade 7 Lesson)
Vectors are quantities that are fully described by both a magnitude and a direction.
A quantity which does not depend on direction is called a scalar quantity. Vector quantities
have two characteristics, magnitude and direction. Scalar quantities have only a magnitude.
When comparing two vector quantities of the same type, you have to compare both the
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magnitude and the direction.
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Vector has directions
Vector - both direction and magnitude
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•Difference of direction and directions
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Directions - is instructions.
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• Distance and displacement
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Distance is a scalar quantity that refers "The length of the entire path"
Distance is scalar, Distance is dashed line
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Displacement - Shortest Distance but with directions.
Displacement - heavy line.
In this topic, North, East, South, and West have only one dimension.