Question

How does environmental factors affect variation

Answer 1

Many factors can contribute to growth variation across and among populations such as genetic factors, nutrition, environmental conditions, social conditions, and cultural conditions ,Internal and external environmental factors, like gender and temperature, influence gene expression. Similarly, drugs, chemicals, temperature, and light are among the external environmental factors that can determine which genes are turned on and off, there by influencing the way an organism develops and functions.

Answer 2

Environmental causes of variation

Characteristics of animal and plant species can be affected by factors such as:

climate

diet

accidents

culture

lifestyle

For example, you will become heavier if you eat too much food, and you will become lighter if you eat too little. A plant in the shade of a big tree will grow taller as it tries to reach more light.