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.