Are changes to an organism's physical environment likely to result in an evolutionary change?
A trait that is favorable in one environment can be less successful or even harmful in another environment. Thus, if a feature of the environment changes, selective pressures may change as well.
Changes in the physical environment cannot influence evolution because the physical environment is not connected to genetic information, which is the one affected by natural selection.
Evolutionary changes may be caused by the physical environment of an organism because physical aspects are the only elements that affect species' fitness.
Changes to the physical environment are not likely to result in an evolutionary change because natural selection deals only with living organisms. It favors or goes against their particular traits and does not deal with nonliving aspects.