an adaptation is a kind of change & adapting is when a living thing responds to a change in an environment ->  an adaptation is a kind of change in response to a change in an environment  an adaptation is a kind of change in response to a change in an environment & an example of change in organisms is the development of new traits ->  adaptation is when organisms develop new traits as a response to changes in their environment  an adaptation is a kind of change0 & genetic variation means that animals within a species have a variety of different genes ->  genetic variation means that animals within a species have a variety of different traits  as the number of different traits within a species increases, the likelihood some members of that species passing down a unique combination of traits to their offspring increases & the development of new traits in a species occurs when a unique combination of traits is passed down from some members of that species to their offspring ->  as the number of different traits within a species increases, the likelihood of developing a new trait increases  genetic variation means that animals within a species have a variety of different traits & as the number of different traits within a species increases, the likelihood of developing a new trait increases ->  as genetic variation in a species increases, the ability of that species to develop new traits increases  as genetic variation in a species increases, the ability of that species to develop new traits increases & if increasing something causes something else to increase, then decreasing that something will cause that something else to decrease ->  as the genetic variation in a species decreases, the ability of that species to develop new traits will decrease  as the genetic variation in a species decreases, the ability of that species to develop new traits will decrease & a species means a group of a certain kind of organism ->  as the genetic variation in a species of organisms decreases, the ability of that species of organisms to develop new traits will decrease  adaptation is when organisms develop new traits as a response to changes in their environment & as the genetic variation in a species of organisms decreases, the ability of that species of organisms to develop new traits will decrease ->  as the genetic variation in a species of organism decreases , the ability of that species to adapt to changes in the environment will decrease  as the genetic variation in a species of organism decreases , the ability of that species to adapt to changes in the environment will decrease & cheetahs are a kind of species of organisms -> as the genetic variation in cheetahs decreases, the ability of cheetahs to adapt to changes in the environment will decrease