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How does an entire population become adapted to its environment

a. traits that help individuals survive and reproduce become more common in the population over successive generations
b. each new variation becomes an adaptation as the organisms learn to use it
c. a population chooses which traits will help it survive
d. individuals develop changes during their lifetime and pass good changes to their offspring

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The correct answer is a. Traits that help individuals survive and reproduce become more common in the population over successive generations. This process is known as natural selection.
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