Natural selection occurs when which of the following conditions are met? Individual organisms depend on each other to obtain available resources • Variations between individual organisms lead to differential survival chances Habitat and nutrient resources in an area are plentiful over a long period of time The conditions in an ecosystem support a wide range of living organisms

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