Question

Which of the following statements about an object traveling at terminal velocity is true?

A. The object is accelerating.
B. The object is not accelerating.
C. The object's velocity is zero.
D. Unbalanced forces are acting on the object.

Answer 1

The answer would be B. because the object is falling with constant velocity its acceleration is zero .

Answer 2

A. The object is accelerating.

Step-by-step explanation:

Terminal velocity is the maximum velocity reached by a free falling object, and is determined from the characteristics of the object and the fluid in which it is immersed.

When sturdy objects are free falling, there will be a force on them, called drag force, produced by the upwardly directed air resistance that gradually increases its modulus from increasing body velocity.

Free fall is a uniformly varied movement, its acceleration is constant and equal to 9.8 m / s2 (at sea level), called gravitational acceleration. On fall, the modulus of body velocity increases, movement is accelerated, and therefore the acceleration signal is positive. t is the fall time.

For this reason, we can say that an object traveling at terminal velocity is constantly accelerating.