Measuring Properties of Waves Review

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The height of the wave. Measured from fixed point to the crest, or fixed point to the trough.

Lowest point of the wave.

The length of the wave. Distance from crest to crest, trough to trough.

What wave property can tell us how much energy the wave has?

What does a wave transfer?

Highest point of the wave.

What measures the number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time?

If a wave has a higher frequency, it will have a shorter...