The term used to identify anything that occupies space is called:

• A. Gas
• B. Matter
• C. Solid
• D. Organic

Answer: (B)

The idea here is identifying the general category for anything that takes up space and has mass. That category is matter. Everything in a salon environment—hair, water, scissors, even the air—exists as matter because each has mass and occupies space. Gas and solid are examples of different states of matter, not the umbrella term itself. Organic describes a type of substance that contains carbon, not a broad category for all things that occupy space. So matter is the correct term because it covers all forms and states of stuff that fill space.