Simon is writing a story about an astronaut whose spacecraft has been boarded by space pirates. the astronaut has her lucky penny in her hand behind her back as the space pirates break into the control room. she has just locked the controls so that the ship is accelerating in the direction of the control room’s ceiling. simon wants the astronaut to use the penny to hit a button on the control panel to turn off the lights and escape. the button is located a short distance behind and below the astronaut’s hands.

how should simon use the theory of relativity to describe what the astronaut must do in order to hit the button?

a. the astronaut should toss the penny straight up as it will appear to fall in an arc because objects in an accelerating frame of reference behave in the same way as they would in a gravity field.

b. the astronaut should just let the penny go, as the control panel will accelerate upward and curve toward the astronaut because there is no gravity field.

c. the astronaut should toss the penny horizontally straight behind her as it will appear to fall in an arc because objects in an accelerating frame of reference behave in the same way as they would in a gravity field.

d. the astronaut should toss the penny in a straight line toward the button because the penny will follow a straight line in space rather than appear to move in an arc as it would in a gravity field.

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i learned this on the 3rd day of school

C. The astronaut should toss the penny horizontally straight behind her as it will appear to fall in an arc because objects in an accelerating frame of reference behave in the same way as they would in a gravity field.

Explanation:Albert Einstein, in his theory of special relativity, suggested that the laws of physics show the same thing to all non-accelerating observers , and that the speed of light in a vaccum doesn't change irrespective of whether an observer moves faster or slower.

This theory explains that gravity is based on how space is curved this is why an object will appear to fall in an arc because objects in an accelerating frame of reference behave in the same way as they would in a gravity field.

that would be called plucking : )

explanation:

''plucking, also referred to as quarrying, is a glacial phenomenon that is responsible for the erosion and transportation of individual pieces of bedrock, especially large "joint blocks". as a glacier moves down a valley, friction causes the basal ice of the glacier to melt and infiltrate joints (cracks) in the bedrock."

phaneritic textures in which phaner means visible so phaneritic textures are standard of impertinent volcanic rocks. these rocks crystallized gradually under the surface of earth. when the magma cools deliberately then the ores have chance to develop and produce long crystals.