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

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

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The correct response is:

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

This reflects the relationship between environmental changes and variations, as natural selection operates on existing traits within a population, favoring those that confer a fitness advantage in the new environmental context.