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What relationship exists between changes in the environment and variations?(1 point)
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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 can only cause new variations to appear.
Changes in the environment can only cause new variations to appear.

Changes in the environment cannot change which traits are advantageous.
Changes in the environment cannot change which traits are advantageous.

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

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Correct answer: "Changes in the environment can act only on existing variations in a population."

Brief explanation: Natural selection sorts among heritable variation already present; environmental changes change which traits are advantageous, but they do not directly create new variations.