Physical Quantities Flashcards
1
Q
Measures magnitude of a physical quantity only no direction
A
Scalar Quantity
2
Q
Measure magnitude and direction
Tail- Initial point
Head- Terminal point
Length- magnitude of vector
A
Vector Quantity
3
Q
-Length travelled by an object
-Scalar quantity
A
Distance
4
Q
-Direction and distance travelled
-Vector quantity
A
Displacement
5
Q
-Distance
-Speed
-Time
A
Scalar Quantities
6
Q
-Displacement
-velocity
-Acceleration
-Forces
A
Vector quantities
7
Q
A•B cos theta
=Scalar Quantity
A
Dot Product
8
Q
A•B sin theta
=Vector Quantity
A
Cross Product
