TOEFL Reading

❓ Question According to the passage, what is a key difference between ecosystem resilience and traditional stability?

A. A) Resilience focuses on returning to the original state, while stability allows for shifts to new regimes.
B. B) Stability emphasizes resistance to change and return to equilibrium, while resilience may involve moving to a new functional state.
C. C) Resilience is only applicable to forests, whereas stability applies to all ecosystems.
D. D) Stability is enhanced by biodiversity, whereas resilience is not influenced by species richness.

B) Stability emphasizes resistance to change and return to equilibrium, while resilience may involve moving to a new functional state.