Examples of factors or conditions that impact stability and change
Adding heat might cause an object to melt, but small amounts of heat might not melt a crayon. Drought may cause animals to leave a location searching for water, but elephants are known to search for water by digging with their tusks instead of leaving. Weather systems can change based on the air pressure but may stay the same if the air pressure doesn't change.

Stability and change in science
Scientists investigate what range of conditions can lead to a system’s stable operation and what changes would destabilize it (and in what ways). Any system has a range of conditions under which it can operate in a stable fashion and conditions under which it cannot function. For example, a particular living organism can survive only within a specific range of temperatures; outside that range, it will die.

Stability and change in engineering
In designing systems for stable operation, the mechanisms of external controls and internal feedback loops are essential to design elements. Understanding the feedback mechanisms that regulate the system’s stability or that drive its instability provides insight into how the system may operate under various conditions. Evaluating these mechanisms is essential when comparing different design options that address a particular problem.