Question

Water is observed spilling to the floor in a spaceship. Describe the motion and location of the spaceship. Use the behavior of the water to justify your answer.

Answer 1

Based on the principle of equivalence, the motion and location of the spaceship are unknown.

The ship may be accelerating in space, where the floor rises up to the water.

The spaceship may be stationary on Earth, where gravity causes the water to fall to the floor.

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Answer 2

The spaceship is either not moving and is in its launch pad here on earth and the water is behaving as it would anywhere else on our planet

or

the spaceship is in outer space somewhere and it has fired up its thrusters and it has created it's own gravitational Force because it is accelerating

or

the spaceship is trying to land on another planet and is slowly coming to the surface of the planet

or

the spaceship is taking off from a planet and the gravitation force of the planet is still in effect.