Simply stated, it is the amount of liquid or gas that will take up a defined space. Commonly measured in cubic units, the standard unit of volume is a cubic meter.

Volume is a measure of the amount of space an object takes up. When a cylinder is submerged in the water it pushes water out of the way. If you measure the amount the water level increases, you can ...

Key Concepts A submerged object displaces a volume of liquid equal to the volume of the object. One milliliter (1 mL) of water has a volume of 1 cubic centimeter (1 cm 3). Different atoms have ...