Question

How do challenges in the environment, called selective pressures, affect a group of organisms?

(1 point)
Responses

They limit the survival of some members.
They limit the survival of some members.

They ensure all members can reproduce.
They ensure all members can reproduce.

They make the environment much larger.
They make the environment much larger.

They cause new helpful traits to appear.

Answer 1

They limit the survival of some members. Selective pressures (like predators, climate, or food scarcity) cause certain traits to be advantageous, so individuals without those traits are less likely to survive and reproduce.