General Awareness Questions

The New York Times

Mass means the amount of matter in an object. Anything that has Mass and takes up Space is called Matter.

The Study of Matter and and how matter changes is called Chemistry.

Matter has some mass and occupies some space. Space occupied by an object is called its Volume.

*  The Gulf of Mexico, bordered by the United States, Mexico, and the island nation of Cuba, is the worlds largest gulf.

*  It has a coastline of about 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles).

*  The Gulf of Mexico is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Straits of Florida, between Cuba and the U.S. state of Florida.

*  It is largely surrounded by the North American continent.