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How big is 30 cubic centimeters?

It's about as big as a Marshmallow
The size of a Marshmallow is about 30 cubic centimeters.
A regular marshmallow measures about 30 cc. In the 1984 movie Ghostbusters, a monster known as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man was a fictional mascot of a marshmallow company, brought to life by supernatural forces and made gigantic — measuring 34.3 m tall in this form.
It's about three-fourths as big as a Golf Ball
The size of a Golf Ball is about 40.6843720 cubic centimeters.
(per R&A-USGA Rules of Golf)
According to the Rules of Golf (as approved by the United States Golf Association and the Rules Committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Saint Andrews), a golf ball must have a volume of at least 40.6843720 cu. cm. Golf balls are not required to have the familiar dimpled pattern, but the design has been popular since its invention in 1905 because it reduces drag while increasing lift.
It's about half as big as a Golf Ball (packed)
The size of a Golf Ball (packed) is about 63.56933130 cubic centimeters.
(64% packing density) (per R&A-USGA Rules of Golf)
Dictated by the Rules of Golf (as approved by the United States Golf Association and the Rules Committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Saint Andrews), a golf ball must have a volume of at least 40.6843720 cu. cm. Golf balls are not required to have the familiar dimpled pattern, but the design has been popular since its invention in 1905 because it reduces drag while increasing lift.
It's about two-fifths as big as an Egg
The size of an Egg is about 68 cubic centimeters.
(hen; USDA large size; uncooked)
A typical egg — of large size as defined by the United State Department of Agriculture — has a volume of 68 cubic centimeters. Each year, American farms produce 69,000,000,000 eggs.
It's about three times as big as a Gumball (packed)
The size of a Gumball (packed) is about 10 cubic centimeters.
(64% packing density) (commercial-grade vending machine standard size)
The standard size gumball for a commercial grade vending machine has a volume of 9 cu. cm. Walter Diemer, an accountant at the Fleer Company in Philadelphia, is the man responsible for bubblegum's traditional pink color, as pink was the only food coloring in the company's factory when he made his first successful batch of gum.
It's about three-and-a-half times as big as a Gumball
The size of a Gumball is about 9 cubic centimeters.
(commercial-grade vending machine standard size)
The standard size gumball for a commercial grade vending machine has a volume of 9 cu. cm. Walter Diemer, an accountant at the Fleer Company in Philadelphia, is the man responsible for bubblegum's traditional pink color, as pink was the only food coloring in the company's factory when he made his first successful batch of gum.
It's about one-fourth as big as a Hockey Puck
The size of a Hockey Puck is about 115.83332970 cubic centimeters.
(Ice hockey)
standard ice hockey puck measures about 115.8333297 cu. cm. Hockey pucks can be shot or passed at speeds of up to 160 kph (99 mph) during games.
It's about one-fifth as big as a Tennis Ball
The size of a Tennis Ball is about 157.50 cubic centimeters.
(ITF Standard; for Type 2 ball)
Per International Tennis Federation standard, regulation tennis balls must measure 6.54 cm to 6.86 cm in diameter, for a total volume of 157.5 cu. cm. Competition balls are also tested for bounce height, with the standards requiring that a ball dropped from 254 cm must bounce back to a height of 135 cm to 147 cm.
It's about one-tenth as big as a Baseball
The size of a Baseball is about 210.37454710 cubic centimeters.
(MLB rules)
Per Major League Baseball rules, a baseball must measure between about 201.7333416 cu. cm and 219.0157526 cu. cm. A major league pitcher can throw a baseball at up to 150 kph (91 mph) in a fastball pitch.
It's about one-tenth as big as a Baseball (packed)
The size of a Baseball (packed) is about 328.710230 cubic centimeters.
(64% packing density) (MLB rules)
Per Major League Baseball rules, a baseball must measure between about 201.7333416 cu. cm and 219.0157526 cu. cm. A major league pitcher can throw a fastball at up to 150 kph (91 mph).
It's about one-fifteenth as big as a Blood Donation
The size of a Blood Donation is about 500 cubic centimeters.
(American Red Cross donation volume)
The typical donation amount when giving blood is about 500 cubic centimeters. Donated quantities of blood typically have a viable shelf life of about 42 days.
It's about one-twentieth as big as a STARBUCKS Venti Coffee
The size of a STARBUCKS Venti Coffee is about 590 cubic centimeters.
A STARBUCKS Venti coffee drink measures 590 cubic centimeters. The name of the size, Venti, is the Italian word for twenty.
It's about one-fiftieth as big as a Human Stomach
The size of a Human Stomach is about 2,000 cubic centimeters.
(human; adult)
An average adult human stomach has a volume of about 2,000 cubic centimeters. A newborn baby has a stomach capacity of just 30 cubic centimeters.
It's about one-fifty-fifth as big as an Ostrich Egg
The size of an Ostrich Egg is about 1,632 cubic centimeters.
(Struthio camelus) (for common ostrich; average)
The largest egg produced by living birds, ostrich eggs measure about 1,600 cubic centimeters in volume. The eggs take about nine weeks to hatch, with males and females taking turns incubating them.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as big as The Blood in a Human Body
The size of The Blood in a Human Body is about 5,000 cubic centimeters.
(for 70 kg body; average altitude; average)
The volume of blood in the average human body is about 5,000 cubic centimeters. Persons living at high altitude, however, may have up to an additional 2,000 cubic centimeters of blood to compensate for the lower oxygen level.
 
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