mass
Volume.
It has mass and required space to contain its' existence.
Matter is potential energy under the influence of gravitation that possesses inertia. Its basic constituents are particles, atoms, and molecules. Matter exists in four basic states as a solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.
matter
It is not a good definition of matter because matter is anything that takes up space like for example chair, desk and a pencil takes up space but it does not matter if you can touch or pick up matter.
There is no matter in a vacuum, like space. Everything we can see, everything on earth in fact, is made of matter.
Balance is mostly comparing the two objects weight so that relates to matter because matter is anything that takes up space and has weight. Balance takes up space and it mostly has weight.
Matter is anything that has mass that takes up space. So for example a rock takes up space so that is matter, a chair takes up space. It could be anything around you. Things that aren't matter are ideas and emotions, etc. Things about matter is mass, density, size, volume, weight.
the answer is that the shape it own because the state make it answer
Volume
Matter must have mass and volume, and occupy space. There are things like light and sound that are said to have no matter.
Anything that had mass & takes up space like for example a chair, book,& pencil are matter