for temporary tablespace , if the sorting required and over the size of sort_area_size , the space will be used to perform the sorting .
for rollback tablespace , a cycling algorithm is implemented .
But I think Oracle Reference has the best answer anyway
At first , you need to verify what you say by using
select owner, segment_name, sum(bytes), sum(blocks) from dba_Segments where tablespace_name = 'yourtabelspace' group by owner, segment_name;
if there is something , it means your tablespace actually contains objects .
I guess what troubles you is tempary tablespace or rollback tablespace , usually they will grow under some algorithm by oracle , there is no permanent objects inside it .