❓ Câu hỏi According to the passage, which of the following best explains the 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 absorb before shifting to a different state.
B. Engineering resilience applies only to artificial systems, while ecological resilience applies to natural ecosystems.
C. Ecological resilience is a newer concept that has replaced engineering resilience in all conservation studies.
D. Engineering resilience measures the stability of a single species, while ecological resilience measures the stability of an entire food web.
✅ Đáp án đúng
Engineering resilience focuses on the speed of recovery, while ecological resilience focuses on the amount of disturbance a system can absorb before shifting to a different state.
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