❓ Question According to the passage, what is a key difference between 'engineering resilience' and 'ecological resilience'?
A. Engineering resilience focuses on recovery speed to a single equilibrium, while ecological resilience considers shifts among multiple stable states.
B. Engineering resilience applies only to human-made systems, while ecological resilience applies to natural ecosystems.
C. Ecological resilience emphasizes returning to the original state, whereas engineering resilience focuses on absorbing disturbances without change.
D. Ecological resilience is based on the idea of one stable equilibrium, while engineering resilience accounts for multiple stable states.
✅ Correct Answer
Engineering resilience focuses on recovery speed to a single equilibrium, while ecological resilience considers shifts among multiple stable states.
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