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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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