Question

When a stone is dropped in a pool of water, circular ripples are produced. These are

• A. Surface waves
• B. Transverse waves
• C. Elastic waves
• D. All the above

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

All the above

$Answer:-$ D

I think the wave nature of water is both transverse and longitudinal. When we drop a stone in water that we can see there the transverse waves but then we can heard sound also, so, water waves are transverse as well as longitudinal waves!

Transverse wave are also elastic waves.

The ocean waves are usually called "surface" waves. Whatever a particle trajectory is, the deeper in water, the smaller its amplitude.