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When sugar is dissolved in water, there is no increase in the volume. Which characteristic of matter is illustrated by this observation?

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The absence of increase in volume of water on dissolution of sugar into it, describes the following characteristics of matter:
(a) Matter is made up of very, very small particles.
(b) Particles of matter have spaces between them.

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