Raphael runs a computer simulation of a population of beetles in a garden ecosystem. The simulation begins with 300 beetles, divided equally among red, tan, and brown variants, and with equal numbers of males and females. The simulation assumes that female beetles each lay 50 eggs in each reproduction cycle, and that individual beetles live for at most 2 reproductive cycles.

The table shows the numbers of each beetle variant over 7 reproduction cycles. Only adult beetles are counted.


Number of Adult Beetles
Cycle Red Tan Brown Maroon
0 100 100 100 0
1 80 125 130 0
2 75 160 184 0
3 40 176 242 0
4 12 205 288 2
5 33 238 206 4
6 59 264 177 7
7 80 280 132 8


Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

The simulation is able to model the natural selection of a beetle population for which of these reasons? Select all of the answers that apply.