Sam and his dad went grocery shopping. as they went up and down the aisle, adding items to their cart, something changed. the cart got heavier as they added groceries. as the cart became heavier, it also became harder to push. what else most likely changed as sam and his dad shopped? a) the force of the cart. b) the speed of the cart. c) the size of the cart. d) the direction of the cart.

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?