❓ Вопрос According to the passage, what is the key difference between engineering resilience and ecological resilience?
A. Engineering resilience focuses on the speed of recovery, while ecological resilience focuses on the amount of disturbance a system can withstand before changing.
B. Engineering resilience applies only to lakes, while ecological resilience applies to all ecosystems.
C. Engineering resilience is a modern concept, while ecological resilience was introduced in 1973.
D. Engineering resilience emphasizes adaptation, while ecological resilience emphasizes returning to the original state.
✅ Правильный ответ
Engineering resilience focuses on the speed of recovery, while ecological resilience focuses on the amount of disturbance a system can withstand before changing.
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