Identify the vector quantity from the following:

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  1. Heat
  2. Acceleration
  3. Work
  4. Both 2 and 3

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Option 2 : Acceleration
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The correct answer is Acceleration.

Key Points

  • Vector Quantity is defined as which quantity has both direction and magnitude.
  • It can be represented by an arrow whose direction is the same as that of the quantity and whose length is proportional to the quantity’s magnitude.
  • Although, it does not have any position. For example, Acceleration, Displacement, and Velocity are Vector Quantities, while Speed of the magnitude of Velocity, Mass, and Time are Scalars Quantity.
  • The Measurement of the Increase or Decrease in the Medium of the temperature is a Vector Quantity. But, the Measurement of the Medium’s Temperature is a Scalar Quantity.
  • ​Force and displacement are vector quantities (they have both magnitude and direction) and the dot product of two vector quantites always gives a scalar quantity. So work has only magnitude but not direction. 
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