A student writes the following statement in her notebook: "Pressure always acts in a…
PHYSICS · Multi-part · CBSE · Physics · Pressure, Winds, Storms, and Cyclones · Pressure, Winds, Storms, and Cyclones
Problem
A student writes the following statement in her notebook:
"Pressure always acts in a particular direction like force; hence it is a vector quantity."
Answer the following questions based on this statement.
(i) Explain why thrust is regarded as a vector quantity but pressure is not.
(ii) Identify and correct the error in the student’s statement.
(iii) Describe one everyday example that clearly shows the difference between the directional nature of thrust and the scalar nature of pressure.