13. Populations of organisms grow at an _______ rate, but ____ factors such as food, habitat, predators, weather, disease, climate, & temperature can affect the maximum population size an area can support.

14. Sea otters are an example of a _________ species where the effects of overhunting this population of organisms will severely affect the population #s of other species.

15. _______ is determined by the # of species in a specific area as well as the # of different kinds of species in a specific area.