Matching Pairs Nature of Science - Unit 1Online version Unit 1 Vocabulary Review by Hannah Bonville 1 x-axis 2 y-axis 3 Control group 4 Constant 5 Independent variable 6 Dependent variable 7 Hypothesis An educated guess, part of the scientific method Side-to-side axis on a graph, where we put the independent variable Something that stays the same throughout the experiment In an experiment, it gets no treatment (it's the "normal" thing) The thing we change on purpose The thing we are measuring Up-and-down axis on a graph, where we put the dependent variable