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Corrections for Biology: The Study of Life ©1999

Changes for clarification.

Page	Location	Original	Revision	Date Posted
74	col. 2, #4, lines 1–2	"Which type of reaction occurs when a fat and water combine forming fatty acids and glycerol?"	"Which type of reaction occurs when a water molecule reacts with a chain of sugar molecules to produce two simpler sugars?"	14-Aug-2000
150	Fig. 8-2	A calorimeter without a food sample.	New Figure 8-2 art	14-Aug-2000
152	Fig. 8-4, col. 1, row 6, line 4	"(thiamine)"	Delete.	14-Aug-2000
270	Discovery Learning Activity, #3, lines 2–4	"...by dividing the time the message took to travel between the two organs by the distance the message traveled."	"...by dividing the distance the message traveled by the time the message took to travel between the two organs."	14-Aug-2000

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Corrections of factual errors.

Page	Location	Original	Revision	Date Posted
76d	col. 2, #1, line 5	"= 17 232.32 cm²"	"= 17 232.32 cm³"	14-Aug-2000
76f	col. 2, #1	"Answers will vary."	"The smaller block."	14-Aug-2000
76f	col. 2, #2, line 1	"The smaller the surface-area-to-volume..."	"The larger the surface-area-to-volume..."	14-Aug-2000
127	sidebar, Background, line 4	(in red ink) "Originally published in 1737..."	(in red ink) "Originally published in 1735..."	14-Aug-2000
154	sidebar, 2nd Background par., line 2	(in red ink) "...fats comprise approximately 42..."	(in red ink) "...fats comprise approximately 34 to 37..."	14-Aug-2000
230	sidebar, 1st Background, line 2	(in red ink) "...hemoglobin is 300 times..."	(in red ink) "...hemoglobin is 200 times..."	14-Aug-2000
236e	col. 1, Analysis and Con- clusions, #1, lines 2–3	"...the forearm tends to have a greater density of sweat glands than the palm."	"...the palm tends to have a greater density of sweat glands than the forearm."	14-Aug-2000
288g	col. 1, Analyze and Conclude, #3, line 2	"...the pitch of the sound gets lower."	"...the pitch of the sound increases."	14-Aug-2000
354g	col. 2, Ch. 18 Review, Multiple Choice, #7	"d"	"b"	14-Aug-2000
456d	col. 1, Obser- vations, #2	"The number of mature sperm will vary, though it may be more than students can easily count."	"No mature sperm will be seen in the seminiferous tubules."	14-Aug-2000
456f	col. 2, Ch. 23 Review, Multiple Choice #1–#3	"1. a 2. d 3. c"	"1. d 2. a 3. b"	14-Aug-2000
472f	col. 1, Obser- vations, #3	"No. The peas are alternately attached to opposite sides of the pod, attached to one and then the other of the fibers that extend the length of the pea pod."	"Yes."	14-Aug-2000
516i	col. 1, Ch. 26 Review, Multiple Choice, #6–#9	"6. c 7. d 8. c 9. d"	"6. b 7. c 8. d 9. c"	14-Aug-2000
598k	col. 1, Ch. 29 Review, Multiple Choice, #8	"b"	"a"	14-Aug-2000
664g	col. 2, Ch. 31 Review, Multiple Choice, #1	"a"	"c"	14-Aug-2000
760g	col. 2, Ch. 35 Review, Multiple Choice, #5	"a"	"d"	14-Aug-2000

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page	Location	Original	Revision	Date Posted
113	sidebar, Background, line 3	(in red ink) "Putrification..."	(in red ink) "Putrefaction..."	14-Aug-2000
148h	col. 2, first line	"...digestive end produces..."	"...digestive end products..."	14-Aug-2000
291	sidebar, 2nd Background, line 3	"...100 billion neurons."	"...10 billion neurons."	14-Aug-2000
326	sidebar, Background, line 2	(in red ink) "...Frederick Bantin..."	(in red ink) "...Frederick Banting..."	14-Aug-2000
338h	col. 1, #18, line 2	"...reactions in the thylacoids...	"...reactions in the thylakoids...	14-Aug-2000

Changes for clarification.

Page	Location	Original	Revision	Date Posted
x	col. 1, above Background	No answer provided for 3.	"3. Answers will vary and should be based on students' hypotheses."	14-Aug-2000
19	sidebar, 2-1 ans., #4, lines 3–4	(in red ink) "...growing conditions (moisture), observe..."	(in red ink) "...growing conditions, observe..."	14-Aug-2000
56i	col. 1, #21, line 2	"...components of cells; cellulose,..."	"...components of cells; starch cellulose,..."	14-Aug-2000
67	4-3 Section Review	No answers provided for the questions (1–5).	(all answers in red ink) "1. DNA, RNA 2. DNA 3. C, H, O, N, P; S 4. Carboxyl, hydrogen, amino, side chain 5. Protein or DNA; because of size, location, and chemical makeup"	14-Aug-2000

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