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GCSE Physics · key term
A physical quantity that has magnitude but no direction.
Used by AQA, Edexcel and OCR
Specification 4.5.1.1, 4.5.6.1.1, 4.5.6.1.2 · Paper 2
A physical quantity that has magnitude only and no associated direction.
Revise: Scalar and vector quantitiesA scalar quantity is fully described by its magnitude.
A quantity with a magnitude (size) but no direction.
A quantity with magnitude but no direction.
Specification 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.20, 9.2 · Paper 1, Paper 2
A physical quantity that has magnitude (size) but no specific direction.
Revise: Scalar QuantitiesA scalar quantity has magnitude but no specific direction. Its numerical size and unit give a complete value; no words such as “north”, “to the left” or “upwards” are required.
A physical quantity with magnitude but no specific direction.
A quantity that has magnitude but no direction.
Specification P2.1d · Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher)
A quantity that has magnitude but no direction.
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