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human
When free falling, is terminal velocity the default velocity our body will try to accelerate/decelerate to?

For example, if I was dropped out of a plane and my starting velocity is higher than my terminal velocity would I eventually decelerate to terminal velocity?
gpt
When there is no net force acting on a body (because all forces cancel each other out), the speed of that body remains the same. The terminal velocity is the velocity at which the force of gravity is equal to the force exerted by air drag. 

The force of gravity is independent of the speed with which the object is falling. It's always the same in a free fall situation. However, the drag force depends on the velocity: higher velocity means more drag.

So if the velocity is below the terminal velocity, the drag force is less than the force of gravity and the object accelerates. If the velocity exceeds the terminal velocity, the drag force is larger than the force of gravity and the object will slow down. Once the velocity is equal to the terminal velocity, both forces cancel each other out and the object remains at a constant velocity.