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                                                                Sea otters eat animals called sea urchins.




                                                                When there are fewer sea otters, fewer



                                                                sea urchins are eaten. So the sea urchin


                                                                                                v.
                                                                                                   to become larger in amount, size, or number
                                                                                                    increases
                                                                population increases.









        Sea urchins eat kelp, a kind of seaweed.




        As the population of sea urchins



        increases, more kelp is eaten.










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