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the seti@home project, an ongoing since 1999, is a citizen science project in which citizens use a screensaver on their computer to analyze radio telescope data collected by the arecibo observatory in puerto rico. the signals collected by the telescope are broken into smaller packets of information and sent to participant computers. the participant computers analyze the information while the computer is not being actively used and send the processed data back to researchers at the university of california, berkeley. what parts of this project make it \citizen science\? correct answer(s) the fact that anyone can join and contribute to the project the fact that the project gives the participants access to data from a radio telescope the fact that the project is overseen by scientists the fact that participants volunteer computer time to process data incorrect answer(s)
Citizen science involves public participation in scientific research. In this project, citizens (anyone can join) volunteer their computer time (when not actively used) to analyze data (from a radio telescope) under scientific oversight.
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the fact that anyone can join and contribute to the project, the fact that the project gives the participants access to data from a radio telescope, the fact that the project is overseen by scientists, the fact that participants volunteer computer time to process data