Eli5: What would happen if I pour water out of a bottle in a falling Elevator?

Question

What would happen? Would the water hit the roof of the elevator since the elevator is falling rapidly?

I thought about it when I put Eye Drops in an elevator.

In: Physics

Answer 1

You would have an elevator with a wet floor. Careful not to slip.

Elevators don’t descend anywhere near fast enough to counteract the force of gravity. Moving that fast would be dangerous to the unrestrained human occupants. If you aren’t experiencing weightlessness or hitting the roof in an elevator water wouldn’t either, these things are both the same in terms of the physics involved.