Question

with the help of examples explain how the gifts of nature can become resources with the passage of time

Answer 1

Just take the example of coal .
It is just present in form of rock but by the human afford amd after passage of time it get converted into coal and cam be used for various purpose..
Therefore we can say that gift of nature can become resources with passage of time..

Answer 2

the gifts of nature maybe valuable resources with the passage of time. for example a waterfall is a gift of nature. it has force which can be used to drive a water wheel. when a technique was developed to harness this of falling water it became a resource. now a days falling water is used to generate hydroelectricity. thus this gift of nature became a valuable resource.
for example the mineral deposits in USA were not valuable to the natives as they did not know their use. however when a European migrated to this region they explode and developed the mineral deposits and the mineral deposit acquired the value of resource.