As one approaches the bottom of a body of water, the circles shown in figure Q1.3 for water waves moving along the water’s surface become increasingly vertically flattened ellipses. This means that the waves near the body’s bottom are more (A) transverse or (B) longitudinal than those near the surface? 
A. Transverse
B. Longitudinal
B. Longitudinal
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What will be an ideal response?
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A. 0.16 pF B. 156 pF C. 6.2 pF D. 17.7 pF
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A) sharpened to a point B) with a rounded tip (hemispherical) C) flat (cut off perpendicular to the rod axis)