Two quantities that define matter are volume and mass. Volume can be measured using units like liters, cubic centimeters. Mass is measured using standard units like grams. The document discusses the history of atomic theory. Ancient Greek philosophers proposed the idea of atoms as the smallest indivisible units of matter. In the 1800s, John Dalton further developed atomic theory, proposing that atoms are the building blocks of all matter and composed of even smaller subatomic particles like protons, neutrons and electrons. The size of an atom is incredibly small. For example, about 10 trillion atoms could fit in a single centimeter. Despite their small size, atoms are not truly indivisible as originally proposed, as they can be broken