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Scalar Field Examples
Prompt
“Write on your whiteboard some other examples of scalar fields in physics”
Context
This SWBQ is used following a brief lecture(1 minute) which defines a scalar field in terms of the temperature as having a scalar (number) value at every point in space.
Wrap Up
Contrast with a vector field, a vector at every point in space.