Paper 1 · November 2023 · Measurement and Units
Which one is not a vector quantity?
Apressure
Bacceleration
Cdisplacement
Dmomentum
Explanation
A vector has both magnitude and direction. Acceleration, displacement and momentum all have a direction as well as a size. Pressure is force per unit area with no direction of its own, so it is a scalar quantity.
ZIMSEC Physics 4023/1, November 2023, Q1