As you can see from the picture below, the y-intercept is the point at which the parabola intercepts the y-axis
![Picture of Y intercept of Parabola Graph](images/parabola-intercepts/picture-of-y-intercept.png)
The x-intercepts are the points or the point at which the parabola intersects the x-axis. A parabola can have either 2,1 or zero real x intercepts.
![Picture of the x-intercepts of a parabola](images/parabola-intercepts/picture-of-x-intercepts.png)
x-intercepts in greater depth
A parabola can have 2 x-intercepts, 1 x-intercept or zero real x intercepts. If the parabola only has 1 x-intercept (see middle of picture below), then the parabola is said to be tangent to the x-axis.
![Image of x intercept graphs](images/parabola-intercepts/image-of-x-intercepts-graphs-white.png)