Define Natural Selection Quick Check
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Question
What relationship exists between changes in the environment and variations?(1 point)
Responses
Changes in the environment cannot change which traits are advantageous.
Changes in the environment cannot change which traits are advantageous.
Changes in the environment can only cause new variations to appear.
Changes in the environment can only cause new variations to appear.
Changes in the environment can act only on existing variations in a population.
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 cannot influence the fitness of an organism.
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The correct response is:
Changes in the environment can act only on existing variations in a population.
This is because natural selection works on traits that are already present within a population; it does not create new traits but rather selects for or against existing variations based on the changing environment.
