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1
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What is a scalar quantity with examples?

A

A quantity that only has a size like mass and time

2
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What is a vector quantity with examples?

A

A quantity that has a size and direction like weight, acceleration and force

3
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What is speed and it’s unit?

A

How fast something is going in m/s

4
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What is velocity and it’s unit?

A

The speed an object is going and the direction it’s travelling in in m/s

5
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What quantity is displacement?

A

A vector quantity as its distance in a specific direction

6
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What is the displacement if the start and finish are the same?

A

0

7
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What is displacement?

A

The distance between two points covered in a straight line

8
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What is acceleration?

A

How fast the velocity is changing

9
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What is momentum?

A

A combination of mass and velocity