Scalar quantities
What Scalar quantities means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definitions of Scalar quantities
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Reference: AQA
Quantities for which direction is not specified, as with speed, which gives magnitude only.
Quantities such as mass, speed and energy that have size only.
Topics that use Scalar quantities
- Contact and non-contact forces (AQA GCSE)
- Speed (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Action at a distance
- Attraction and repulsion
- Average speed
- Average speed in context
- Consistent units
- Constant speed
- Contact and non-contact forces
- Contact force
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