❓ Pregunta According to the passage, what is a key difference between engineering resilience and ecological resilience?
A. Engineering resilience focuses on returning to equilibrium, while ecological resilience emphasizes the capacity to absorb disturbance before changing state.
B. Engineering resilience applies only to human-made systems, while ecological resilience is limited to natural ecosystems.
C. Ecological resilience is based on a single equilibrium model, while engineering resilience accepts multiple stable states.
D. Engineering resilience is easier to measure in practice than ecological resilience because it uses quantitative models.
✅ Respuesta correcta
Engineering resilience focuses on returning to equilibrium, while ecological resilience emphasizes the capacity to absorb disturbance before changing state.
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