What relationship exists between changes in the environment and variations?

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 influence the fitness of an organism.
Changes in the environment can only cause new variations to appear.

Changes in the environment can act only on existing variations in a population. When an environment changes, certain variations in a population may become more advantageous or disadvantageous for survival and reproduction. This can lead to the selection of certain traits and the elimination of others, resulting in variations in the population over time.