2.6 vocab

• adaption: a new trait that increases an organism's fitness
• natural selection: organisms that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more offspring

  • individuals with adaptations pass them onto offspring and individuals adaptations die off, leading to the population having the adaptation over time.
  • selective pressure/force: the environmental condition that kills individuals without adaptation
• the more rapidly an environment changes, the less likely a species in the environment will be to adapt to those changes