TOEFL Reading

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

A. A. Resilience involves returning to a pre-disturbance state, while stability allows for shifts in species.
B. B. Stability means an ecosystem resists change, while resilience allows for change without losing core functions.
C. C. Resilience is only relevant to forests, whereas stability applies to all ecosystems.
D. D. Stability is a fixed property, while resilience varies with human activities only.

B. Stability means an ecosystem resists change, while resilience allows for change without losing core functions.