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Question 1

Adaption:

Answer 1

a new trait that increases an organism’s fitness (ability to survive and reproduce)

Question 2

Natural selection

Answer 2

organisms that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more offspring

(Individuals with adaptations pass them onto offspring & individuals without adaptations die off, which leads to the entire population having the adaptation over time (evolution)

Question 3

Selective pressure/force:

Answer 3

the environmental condition that kills individuals without the adaption