If the resilience of a damaged ecosystem is low enough,the degraded area may not be restored by secondary succession.When this happens,the damaged ecosystem has reached ____.
A) stability
B) inertia
C) constancy
D) a tipping point
E) resilience

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When an ecosystem's resilience is so low that it cannot recover from damage through secondary succession, it is said to have reached a "tipping point." This term describes a critical threshold at which a relatively small change or disturbance in external conditions can lead to a significant and often irreversible change in the state of the system.

If the Resilience of a Damaged Ecosystem Is Low Enough,the