Citizen Science - Test 8

C1 Advanced · Multiple Choice Cloze · Cambridge English Advanced 2, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

unity

participation

accordance

collaboration

sightings

visions

detections

looks

operation

practice

manner

routine

fundamentally

centrally

principally

primarily

brought

sent

turned

called

anyhow

hence

otherwise

thereby

present

serve

deliver

assist

absorbed

consumed

dedicated

engaged

'Citizen Science' is a new term given to scientific research which is (0) ___ by members of the public, working in (1) ___ with professional scientists and scientific institutions. 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. 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. However, the internet has (4) ___ changed the way in which enthusiasts can work together and share their findings. One example of this is 'Galaxy Zoo', which (5) ___ on volunteers to classify galaxies online. Within the first seven months of the project, volunteers had analysed 900,000 galaxies – a rate of analysis that would (6) ___ have been unachievable. In addition to aiding researchers, citizen science projects also (7) ___ an educational purpose, encouraging more people to become actively (8) ___ in science.

Citizen Science

borne

endeavoured

undertaken

committed

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