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Which of the following quantities is considered a scalar quantity?Group of answer choicesTemperatureMomentumDisplacementGravitational Force

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Which of the following quantities is considered a scalar quantity?

Group of answer choices

  • Temperature
  • Momentum
  • Displacement
  • Gravitational Force
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Solution

The scalar quantity among the given options is Temperature.

Here's why:

  1. Scalar quantities are quantities that are fully described by a magnitude (or numerical value) alone.

  2. Temperature is a scalar quantity because it only has magnitude and no direction. It simply measures how hot or cold an object is.

  3. On the other hand, Momentum, Displacement, and Gravitational Force are vector quantities because they have both magnitude and direction. For example, displacement is not just about how far you moved, but also in what direction you moved. Similarly, gravitational force has a magnitude (how strong the force is) and a direction (towards the center of the attracting body).

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