An object falls faster and faster, until the force of the air resistance equals the force of gravity. When that happens, the object will not accelerate (speed up) any more, and is said to have reached terminal velocity.
While an object falls faster and faster, the backwards force of air resistance will increase. Once the force of air resistance equals the force of gravitation, the object will no longer accelerate,...
The speed at terminal velocity depends on the mass and shape of the object. For example, a sheet of paper will have a very low terminal velocity; the terminal velocity for a man will be much higher.
Sort of. It is not necessarily highest velocity in general, but it is the highest velocity a certain object can travel. Lets say you drop a penny of of the Empire State Building. When the penny...
An object that has reached its terminal velocity is going at a constant velocity. Acceleration is the rate of change of the velocity. The rate of change is zero. Therefore, the acceleration is zero.