Question

What is the quantity that a container can hold called?
(a) Surface Area
(b) Lateral surface Area
(c) Volume
(d) None

Answer 1

Hint: A container is three dimensional space enclosed in a closed surface. Imagine that it is filled with water, then try to think of what we refer to as the amount of space occupied by the water contained in it. Also we can define the given option that fits with the description.

Complete step by step solution:
Volume is the amount of space that a substance or object occupies or that is enclosed within a container.
Volume is the quantity of three dimensional space enclosed by a closed surface, for example the space that a substance may be solid, liquid or even gas occupies or container.
The volume of a container is the capacity of the container for example the amount of liquid that the container could hold, rather than the amount of space the container itself displaces. Volume is usually measured in cubic meter () or liters (l).

Surface area of a container is the area of an outer part or uppermost layer of something. Surface area is the sum of all faces on a 3 – D shape. The lateral surface of an object is all of the sides of the object, excluding its base and top. The lateral surface area is the area of all the sides of the object, excluding the base and top i.e. lateral surface area is the area of the lateral surface area is the area of the lateral surface.
Thus from all these definitions we can clearly understand that volume is the quantity that a container can hold.

Note: The amount of anything a container can hold is its volume or its capacity. It is different from weight which is the heaviness or mass of the particular item and it is measured using scale. In a simple way volume is the space something takes up. Weight is how heavy it is.