Well if it could not adapt it would die. Either it would be killed by a more superior species, natural selection would take its course, or it just wouldn't be able to survive.
One example is the country of Iceland which is a large island right on the mid-Atlantic ridge which is where the Atlantic oceanic plate is rifted in two and where the underlying magma wells up to the surface as the two sides to the plate move opposite to each other. The resulting volcanic rock then builds itself up into an island.
Answer:
physical change alert the form of appearance of the matter but does not turn any substance in the matter into a different substance.
1- Paleozoic era
2- mesozoic era
3- Cenozoic era
