What relationship exists between changes in the environment and variations?(1 point)

Responses

Changes in the environment can act only on existing variations in a population.

Changes in the environment cannot influence the fitness of an organism.

Changes in the environment can only cause new variations to appear.

Changes in the environment cannot change which traits are advantageous.

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The correct response is:

Changes in the environment can act only on existing variations in a population.

This reflects the principle that natural selection operates on the variations that are already present in a population, influencing which traits are advantageous based on environmental changes.