To toss in the air, imparting a spin: flip a coin. 2. a. To cause to turn over or around, especially with a light quick motion: flip over a card; flipped the pancake with a spatula.
Natural selection is when favorable traits are passed down to offspring while harmful and less favorable traits are eliminated, due to higher predation, competition from the o â¦ rganisms with more favored traits, etc. Since organisms with more favored traits will, logically, have much more chance of surviving to reproduce than those who lack the favored traits, the next generations will slowly start to accumulate a higher percentage of organisms who have the favored traits.
   Adaptation is powered by natural selection. When a trait arises  that allows an organism to better adapt to their environment, it  will be passed on to the next generation. Over time this trait will  accumulate in the population.t can  also refer to a physical or genetic trai â¦ t that helps an organism to  be better suited to survive in their environment.    For example, polar bears are adapted to living in the cold because  they grow thick fur that keeps them warm, and thus allows them to  survive in their frigid environment.