Use of English Part 1 - Exam Review

‘Citizen Science’ is a new term given to scientific research which is endeavoured by members of the public, working in (1) .......... with professional scientists and scientific institutions.

• unity

• participation

• accordance

• collaboration

The type of research involved ranges from fairly passive activities, such as downloading software which allows your home computer to analyse scientific data, to more active research such as recording (2) .......... of endangered species in your local area.

• sightings

• visions

• detections

• looks

The term ‘Citizen Science’ may be relatively recent, but the (3) .......... is centuries old. Amateur scientists, particularly naturalists, have contributed to science for hundreds of years.

• operation

• practice

• manner

• routine

However, the Internet has (4) .......... changed the way in which enthusiasts can work together and share their findings.

• fundamentally

• centrally

• principally

• primarily

One example of this is ‘Galaxy Zoo’, which (5) .......... on volunteers to classify galaxies online.

• brought

• sent

• turned

• called

Within the first seven months of the project, volunteers had analysed 900,000 galaxies – a rate of analysis that would (6) .......... have been unachievable.

• anyhow

• hence

• otherwise

• thereby

In addition to aiding researchers, citizen science projects also (7) .......... an educational purpose.

• present

• serve

• deliver

• assist

This purpose is to encourage more people to become actively (8) .......... in science.

• absorbed

• consumed

• dedicated

• engaged