genotype {Ans: An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations.}natural selection {Ans: the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations}non-adaptive trait {Ans: a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment}cause {Ans: the reason something happens}environment {Ans: everything (living/biotic and nonliving/abiotic) that surrounds an organism}adaptive trait {Ans: a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment}