Wave Vocabulary

What do we call the top part of a wave?

• amplitude
• trough
• crest

What do we call the bottom part of a wave?

• amplitude
• trough
• crest

When we measure the distance from the equilibrium line to the crest or the trough, what do we call it?

• amplitude
• crest
• trough

The distance between 2 crests or 2 troughs of a wave that are next t each other is called

• frequency
• amplitude
• wavelength

The number of wavelengths that pass a point in a certain time is called

• frequency
• amplitude
• wavelength

The part of the wave that doesn't go above or below the line, it stays on the line is defined as

• crest
• trough
• equilibrium