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Forces, movement, shape and momentum

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A drone is navigating an obstacle course. Explain the fundamental difference between the scalar and vector quantities recorded by its flight computer, and state one characteristic shared by both types of quantity.

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b.

Complete the table below by placing a tick (✓\checkmark✓) in the correct column to show whether each physical quantity is a scalar or a vector. The first row has been completed for you.

QuantityScalarVector
Speed✓\checkmark✓
Distance
Momentum
Kinetic Energy
Velocity
Impulse
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