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Anusree V S

Natural Science

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KUCTE Anchal

Topic:

Man made resources –

Zoo & Museum

INTRODUCTION

A resource is a source or supply from which benefit is

produced. Typically resources are materials, energy, services,

staff, knowledge, or other assets that are transformed to produce

benefit and in the process may be consumed or made unavailable.

Benefits of resource utilization may include increased wealth, meeting

needs or wants, proper functioning of a system, or enhanced well being.

From a human perspective a natural resource is anything obtained from

the environment to satisfy human needs and wants. From a broader

biological or ecological perspective a resource satisfies the needs of a

living organism

The concept of resources has been applied in diverse realms,

including with respect to economics, biology and ecology, computer

science, management, and human resources, and is linked to the

concepts of competition, sustainability, conservation, and stewardship. In

application within human society, commercial or non-commercial factors

require resource allocation through resource management.

Resources have three main characteristics: utility, limited

availability, and potential for depletion or consumption. Resources have

been variously categorize as biotic versus abiotic,renewable versus non-

renewable, and potential versus actual, along with more elaborate

classification.

MUSEUM

A museum is an institution that cares for (conserves)

a collection of artifacts and other objects

of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and

makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that

may be permanent or temporary.[1] Most large museums are

located in major cities throughout the world and more local

ones exist in smaller cities, towns and even the countryside.

Museums have varying aims, ranging from serving researchers

and specialists to serving the general public. A museum is a

place where antique objects related to art, science,

history, geography etc. are placed for studies. It is a place

of great interest. It is highly informative and educative.

The English "museum" comes from the Latin word, and is

pluralized as "museums" (or rarely, "musea"). It is originally

from the Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseion), which denotes a

place or temple dedicated to theMuses (the patron divinities

in Greek mythology of the arts), and hence a building set apart

for study and the arts,[

The purpose of modern

museums is to collect, preserve, interpret, and display items of

cultural, artistic, or scientific significance for the education of

the public. Types of museums vary, from large institutions,

covering many of the categories below, to very small

institutions focusing on a specific subject, location, or a notable

person. Categories include: fine arts, applied

arts,craft, archaeology, anthropology and ethnology, biography,

history, cultural history, science, technology, children's

museums, natural history, botanical and zoological gardens.

Within these categories many museums specialize further, e.g.

museums of modern art, folk art, local history, military

history, aviation history, philately, agriculture or geology.

Another type of museum is an encyclopedic museum.

Commonly referred to as a universal museum, encyclopedic

museums have collections representative of the world and

typically include art, science, history, and cultural history. The

type and size of a museum is reflected in its collection. A

museum normally houses a core collection of important

selected objects in its field.

Science museum

Science museums and technology centers

or technology museums revolve around scientific

achievements, and marvels and their history. To explain

complicated inventions, a combination of demonstrations,

interactive programs and thought-provoking media are used.

Some museums may have exhibits on topics such

as computers, aviation, railway museums, physics, astronomy,

and the animal kingdom. Science museums traditionally

emphasize cultural heritage through objects of intrinsic

valueScience museums were institutions of authoritative,

uncontestable, knowledge, places of 'collecting, seeing and

knowing, places where "anybody" might come and survey the

evidence of science.[71Dinosaurs, extensive invertebrate and

vertebrate collections, plant taxonomies, and so on - these

were the orders of the day.

A science museum is a museum devoted primarily to science.

Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays

of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology,

industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends

in museology have broadened the range of subject matter and

introduced many interactive exhibits. Many if not most modern

science museums — which increasingly refer to themselves as

"science centers" or "discovery centers" — also

emphasize technology, and are therefore also technology

museums.

The mission statements of science centers and modern

museums vary, but they are united in being places that make

science accessible and encourage the excitement of discovery.

They are an integral and dynamic part of the learning

environment.

Although zoos and botanic

gardens are not often thought of as museums, they are in fact

"living museums". They exist for the same purpose as other

museums: to educate, inspire action, and to study, develop and

manage collections. They are also managed much like other

museums and face the same challenges.

The Louvre Museum in Paris (France), one of the largest and most famous museums

in the world

The Uffizi Gallery, the most visited museum in Italy and one of the most important in

the world. View toward the Palazzo Vecchio, in Florence

ZOO

A zoo (short for zoological park or zoological garden,

and also called amenagerie) is a facility in which animals are

confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which

they may also be bred.

The term zoological garden refers to zoology, the study of

animals, a term deriving from the Greek zōon ("animal")

and lógos ("study"). The abbreviation "zoo" was first used of

the London Zoological Gardens, which opened for scientific study

in 1828 and to the public in 1847. The number of major animal

collections open to the public around the world now exceeds

1,000, around 80 percent of them in cities.

Animals from all over the world are captured and

put in zoos. Take the time and think about where animals

come from. Think about the natural habitat they are

taken from. Whether it be a dolphin from the ocean, or a

tiger from a rain forest. Think about the fear or stress the

process of catching an animal instills in an animal.

Although captivity may be key to saving some species,

zoo captivity should be stopped not only because they

don’t provide a sufficient amount of space for the animal,

but also because researchers and experts say that

captivity can destroy the mental state and emotion.

Zoos will never be the best place to put animals,

for many reasons. Zoos can never give an animal the

experience of being in the wild. A man made structure

will never be able to replicate a natural habitat. Although

putting animals in captivity may save a certain species,

zoos are nothing compared to the wild. Zoos are not the

best option not only because they can destroy an

animal’s mental and emotional health but also a zoo will

never give them a feeling of being in the wild. onal health

of an animal, in turn causing early death.

Thiruvananthapuram zoo

CONCLUSION

A resource is a source or supply from which benefit is

produced. Typically resources are materials, energy, services,

staff, knowledge A museum is a place where antique objects

related to art, science, history, geography etc. are placed for

studies. It is a place of great interest. It is highly informative and

educative.

A science museum is a museum devoted primarily

to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on

static displays of objects related to natural

history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery

Animals from all over the world are captured and put in

zoos

A zoo (short for zoological park or zoological garden, and

also called amenagerie) is a facility in which animals are confined

within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may

also be bred.

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