Read each statement below carefully and state, with reasons and exampl

1.	Read each statement below carefully and state, with reasons and examples, if it is true of false:A scalar quantity is one that.(a) Is conserved in a process.(b) Can never take negative values.
Answer» (a) It is false. Energy (a scalar quantity) is not conserved in inelastic collisions. (b) It is false. The temperature a ( a scalar quantity) of a system cannot be negative.

Read each statement below carefully and state, with reasons and examples, if it is true of false:A scalar quantity is one that.(a) Is conserved in a process.(b) Can never take negative values.

Answer»

(a) It is false. Energy (a scalar quantity) is not conserved in inelastic collisions.

(b) It is false. The temperature a ( a scalar quantity) of a system cannot be negative.