Does everything that you can see fit the definition of "matter"?
(Matter must take up space, and matter must have mass)
2007-01-03 13:46:35 · 6 answers · asked by Jen 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Is this a philosophy question, or is it a practical question? If practical, then the answer is yes. If human vision can resolve an object, then it has mass.
2007-01-03 13:53:01 · answer #1 · answered by trucktrout 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anything that can take up space it is consider matter, everything, even those tiny things flotting in the air.
2007-01-03 21:51:13 · answer #2 · answered by linda 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you there are plenty of things you can see that aren't matter. Lightning, laser beams, and various other forms of energy are visible but have no mass.
2007-01-03 21:54:54 · answer #3 · answered by Geoffrey F 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes--if you can see it, it is reflecting light, so it must have mass to reflect the photons.
2007-01-03 21:56:08 · answer #4 · answered by callthedog 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ever considered light, is it matter or energy wave? It is both.
2007-01-03 21:53:45 · answer #5 · answered by MT C 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, evcery cell, and thing is condisdered matter. even gases they take up space.
2007-01-03 21:49:02 · answer #6 · answered by minney mouse! 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋