how do environmental changes affect evolution by natural selection?

a. environmental changes force those who are not well adapted to seek out more suitable habitats, creating a shift in biodiversity.
b. those that are well adapted are selected for, and a new species emerges over time.
c. environmental changes cause extinction, which causes new species to emerge.
d. animals with adaptations to the new environment surivive and pass on their genes, creating new generations with different traits.

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d. animals with adaptations to the new environment survive and pass on their genes, creating new generations with different traits.