When a stone is dropped on the surface of still water the wave produced are ........

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When a stone is dropped on the surface of still water, the wave produced are

Transverse

Longitudinal

Stationary

partially longitdinal and partially transvers

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Explanation:

The waves produced by a stone dropped in water are transverse in nature. If you gently keep a small bit of paper on the ripples formed in the water, you will observe that the paper moves up and down but does not move outward with the ripples, so the molecules of the water oscillate in the vertical direction but the wave moves radially outward. This proves that the ripples or waves are transverse in nature.