The document discusses the volume and surface area of different shapes. It defines volume as the space occupied by an object and surface area as the area of a face. It provides the formulas for calculating the volume of a cylinder as πr^2h, a cone as 1/3πr^2h, and a sphere as 4/3πr^3. Examples are given of applying the formulas to find the volume of each shape using given radius and height values.