Which term describes the amount of matter in an object?

• A. Volume
• B. Weight
• C. Mass
• D. Yield

Answer: (C)

Mass describes the amount of matter in an object. It’s an intrinsic property that stays the same no matter where you are, because it’s about how much stuff there is. Weight, on the other hand, depends on gravity and would change if you moved to a place with a different gravitational pull, even though the amount of matter hasn’t changed. Volume is about how much space the object takes up, not how much matter it contains, and yield refers to the amount produced in a process. In cooking and hospitality, measuring mass with a scale gives consistent results for dry ingredients, whereas volume measurements can vary with how tightly an ingredient is packed. So, the term that describes the amount of matter in an object is mass.