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                                                                                                                                                                                                                What is the significance of time and technology in making a substance a resource?     

Answer:

(i) Time and technology are important factors that make any substance an important resource.

(ii) With time, technology develops. When technology develops, we begin to discover new ways to make our life more better.

(iii) This makes those substances more useful, which were useless earlier. In this way, invention and discovery provide us new resources.

For example, with the help of technology, we made water a source of electricity. This is known as hydroelectricity.