* Air Resistance: While falling, an object encounters air resistance. This force opposes the object's motion and increases as the object's speed does. Eventually, the force of air resistance becomes equal to the force of gravity, resulting in a terminal velocity.

* Terminal Velocity: At terminal velocity, the object stops accelerating *downwards*, but it's still accelerating *horizontally* due to the Earth's rotation. It's also still accelerating *slightly* downwards due to the Earth's gravitational pull not being perfectly uniform.

In simpler terms:

* The object will eventually reach a constant speed (terminal velocity) where it's no longer speeding up.

* However, it will still be moving and accelerating in very subtle ways due to the Earth's rotation and gravity.

Important Note: If there were no air resistance, an object would continuously accelerate towards the Earth until it hit the surface.