Observation, What is seen or measured. May also include anything we experience with the five senses., Inference, Statement based on observation or evidence, Hypothesis, An untested guess. A good hypothesis states both cause and effect (If-then statement), Independent variable, Variable that is being tested. Always plotted on the X axis, Dependent variable, Variable that is being measured in the experiment. Always plotted on the Y axis., Theory, A broad explanation of natural events that is supported by strong evidence., Control group, The "normal" group. Should be identical to the experimental group in every way except one: that it does NOT receive the treatment, Placebo, A sugar pill or other "fake" treatment given to the control group so subjects do not know which group they are in, Reactants in chemical reaction, The inputs- what goes in, Products in chemical reaction, The outputs- what is made or released.

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