Explanation:
Mass of a lump of gold remains constant where they may be shifted to because mass is depends on the amount of matter within a substance.
- Mass is an extensive property that depends on the variation of the quantity of matter in a body.
- If the mass of a substance is to remain constant, then no amount of matter must be added or removed from a body.
- When substances are taken away for a given body, then there would be an alteration in the value of its mass.
At anywhere in the universe, the mass of a body is a constant provided there is no loss in the amount of matter it contains.