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1. When graphing a wave, what does the horizontal axis usually represent?

2. What does the horizontal line through the center of the wave on a graph represent?

3. When graphing a wave, what does the vertical axis usually represent?

4. What do we call the highest point of the wave on a graph?

5. What do we call the lowest point of the wave on a graph?

6. What wave measurement represents the number of times per second that the wave cycles?

7. What wave measurement would you find by measuring the distance between the crests of back-to-back wave cycles?

8. What wave measurement would you find by measuring the time between the crests of back-to-back wave cycles?

9. What wave measurement represents the strength or intensity of the wave?

10. What wave measurement represents how fast the disturbance of the wave is moving?