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Corrections for Exploring Physical Science ©1999

As part of its Open Book Initiative, Pearson Education has established an Internet-based communication policy that alerts educators to any factual or typographical errors or areas of possible misunderstanding in its school programs. In accordance with this policy, Prentice Hall is alerting you to corrections made in Exploring Physical Science © 1999.

We organized the corrections by category:

  • Corrections of factual errors
  • Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors
  • Changes for clarification, where the original wording or art could be improved to support student understanding
Publishers typically reprint books several times over the life of a copyright. Corrections can be made in each printing. Thus, depending on which printing of Exploring Physical Science you have, these corrections may already appear in your textbook.

Key: Fig. = Figure
Ch. = Chapter
par. 1, par. 2, etc. = paragraph 1, paragraph 2, etc. (an incomplete paragraph at the top of a page is counted as paragraph 1)
ques. 1, ques. 2, etc. = question 1, question 2, etc.
col. 1, col. 2, etc. = column 1, column 2, etc.
ans. = answer


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Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
14 Fig. 1-10 data tables Replace data. Revised Figure 1-10 Data Table 19-Dec-2001
14 par. 1 "temperature. The containers are...is called the control setup." New Page 14 Paragraph 19-Dec-2001
14 par. 2, line 2 "...water, a scientist must..." "...water, the friends must..." 19-Dec-2001
14 subsection head "Recording and Analyzing Data" "Recording and Analyzing Data and Observations" 19-Dec-2001
15 Fig. 1-11 caption, lines 2–3 "...presented in graphs." "...presented in graphs. Each graph must have labels (with units) on both axes." 19-Dec-2001
15 graphs Replace graphs. Revised Figure 1-11 Graphs 19-Dec-2001
15 par. 2, lines 4–5 "...was 25°C. The lowest...was –10°C. So the vertical..." "...was about 21°C. The lowest...was about –7°C. So the vertical..." 19-Dec-2001
15 par. 3, lines 5–7 "...was 25°C. So the scientists would...and 25°C..." "...was about 21°C. So the scientists would...and 21°C..." 19-Dec-2001
15 par. 3, lines 9–10 "...and 20°C. So the scientist would..." "...and about 17°C. So the friends would..." 19-Dec-2001
16 par. 1, lines 2–3 "...from the 20°C interval...The scientist would..." "...from the 17°C interval...The friends would..." 14-Mar-2002
16 par. 1, lines 5–6 "...and 20°C. The scientist would..." "...and 17°C. They would..." 14-Mar-2002
16 par. 2, line 4 "...Then the scientist would..." "...Then, they would..." 13-Mar-2002
16 par. 2, lines 1–2 "...plotted, the scientist would..." "...plotted, the friends would..." 14-Mar-2002
28 Fig. 1-22 art Bottom piece of art is not drawn to scale. New Figure 1-22 art (bottom) 28-Mar-2001
50 Fig. 2-11 "Iron 7.86"
"Sugar 1.59"
"Gasoline 0.7"
"Water (liquid) 1.0"
29-Feb-2000
54 Problem Solving feature Remove photograph, and replace text. Page 54 Replacement Text 19-Dec-2001
123 par. 4, lines 3–4 "...atomic mass of the element is the weighted average of the mass numbers of these isotopes." "...average atomic mass of the element is the weighted average of the atomic masses of these isotopes." 19-Dec-2001
124 Problem Solving Revise activity. Revised Page 124 Problem Solving 01-Dec-2001
124 par. 1, line 3 "...about 1/2000 the..." "...about 1/1836 the..." 01-Dec-2001
124 par. 1, lines 5–6 "...of 0.0006 amu..." "...of 0.00055 amu..." 19-Dec-2001
126 Careers, par. 3, lines 3–9 "...workshops. If you are interested in this career, you can learn more by writing to the American Federation of Teachers, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001." "...workshops. If you are interested in this career, you can learn more by writing to the National Science Teachers Association, 1840 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201-3000." 19-Dec-2001
131 Summarizing Key Concepts, 5-2 Structure of the Atom, lines 14–16 "The atomic mass of an element is the weighted average of the mass numbers of its isotopes in a naturally occurring sample" "The average atomic mass of an element is the weighted average of the atomic masses of its isotopes in a naturally occurring sample" 19-Dec-2001
142�143 Periodic Table of Elements Periodic table date For the most current periodic table data, go to the NIST periodic table link on the first Science page of the Prentice Hall Web site. 09-Feb-2001
145 Fig. 6-10 caption, line 5 "and atomic mass of that element." "and average atomic mass of that element." 15-Jun-2000
145 par. 3, last line "atomic mass of the element." "average atomic mass of the element." 15-Jun-2000
165 col. 2, line 5 "number, and atomic mass." "number, and average atomic mass." 15-Jun-2000
225 par. 3, line 4 "the sugar and cream in ice cream...." "the cream in ice cream...." 15-Jun-2000
233 Activity Replace "Octane Rating" Activity. New Page 233 Activity 01-Dec-2001
233 Fig. 9-7 caption, line 2 "...than 2 million..." "...than 15 million..." 01-Dec-2001
233 Fig. 9-7 caption, lines 4–5 "...the pure element:..." "...the element:..." 19-Dec-2001
255 Fig. 10-5 Monomers are different colors. New Figure 10-5 art 27-Mar-2001
269 Fig. 11-4, col. 3 "Atomic Number" "Charge on Radiation" 29-Feb-2000
308 Fig. 12-11 art, labels "1800 km/hr
41,000 km/hr"
"1500 km/hr
40,700 km/hr"
01-Dec-2001
308 par. 2, lines 5–6 "...about 1800 km/hr. Thus...of 1800 km/hr..." "...about 1500 km/hr. Thus...of about 1500 km/hr..." 19-Dec-2001
321 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, #3, art labels "14 m/sec
10 m/sec
10 kg"
"3 m/sec
2 m/sec
10,000 kg"
01-Dec-2001
321 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, #3, lines 2–3 "...at 14 m/sec...at 10 m/sec..." "...at 3 m/sec...at 2 m/sec..." 19-Dec-2001
356 Fig. 14-10 art Revise art labels. New Figure 14-10 Labels 01-Dec-2001
359 par. 1, line 9 "...weight is greater than or equal to its own weight." "...weight is equal to the object's own weight." 20-Apr-2001
359 par. 2, line 8 "...must be less than or equal..." "...must be equal..." 29-Feb-2000
359 par. 2, lines 12–13 "...the weight of the iceberg and the weight of the..." "...the volume of the iceberg and the volume of the..." 19-Dec-2001
360 par. 2, line 7 "...equal to or greater than their..." "...equal to their..." 03-Mar-2000
367 14-4 Buoyancy, Key Concept #3, line 2 "...force on the object is greater than or equal to..." "...force on the object is equal to..." 29-Feb-2000
369 Concept Mastery, #10 "Hummingbirds...flight. Explain." "One way to increase the lift for an airplane is to design it with wings that have a larger area. Why?" 01-Dec-2001
369 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, #1, line 3 "...a pressure of 1000..." "...a pressure of 10..." 11-Mar-2001
466 Fig. 18-12 art Replace art. New Figure 18-12 Art 01-Dec-2001
466 Fig. 18-12 caption, line 2 "...converts heat energy..." "...converts thermal energy..." 01-Dec-2001
467 Careers Ceramic Engineer, par. 2, lines 3–8 "...write to National...FL 32611." "...write to American Ceramic Society, 735 Ceramic Place, Westerville, OH 43081." 19-Dec-2001
488 par. 2, last two lines "...another. However,...at rest." "...another." 01-Dec-2001
604 Fig. 23-20 art Replace art. New Figure 23-20 Art 01-Dec-2001
662 Laboratory Investigation In the Heat of the Light New Laboratory Investigation 27-Mar-2001
670 Fig. 26-2 art Replace art. New Figure 26-2 Art 01-Dec-2001
691 par. 2, line 4 "...if it is closer than 15 centimeters..." "...if it is closer than 8 centimeters..." 29-Feb-2000
795 atomic mass definition "atomic mass: weighted average of the mass numbers of an element's naturally occurring isotopes." "average atomic mass: weighted average of the atomic masses of an element's naturally occurring isotopes." 16-May-2000
803 col. 1, static electricity "movement of...further movement" "the build up of unbalanced electric charges on an object" 01-Dec-2001
805 col. 2 "Atomic mass,..." "Average atomic mass,..." 20-Apr-2001

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
16 par. 3, line 5 "...experiment, the scientist..." "...experiment, a scientist..." 14-Mar-2002
92 par. 2, line 11 "...disolved..." "...dissolved..." 29-Feb-2000
294 col. 1, par. 2, last line "...—and" "...—and its complete name" Buckminsterfullerene." 19-Dec-2001
352 par. 1, line 5 "See Figure 14-4." "See Figure 14-5." 29-Feb-2000
359 Fig. 14-13, label "Bouyant force." "Buoyant force." 29-Feb-2000
495 par. 3, lines 2–3 "...is the amphere (A). The amphere,..." "...is the ampere (A). The ampere,..." 19-Dec-2001
499 par. 3, line 4 "...wire (I) is euqal..." "...wire (I) is equal..." 29-Feb-2000
543 par. 4, line 1 "The one common element in all Faraday's..." "One common element in all of Faraday's..." 04-May-2001
606 Fig. 23-23 caption, lines 5–6 "...through the air and the wooden resonance box,..." "...through the air to the wooden resonance box,..." 19-Dec-2001
678 Activity, line 11 "...Connecticut Yankee..." "...A Connecticut Yankee..." 02-Mar-2000

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
8 Fig. 1-3 caption "It had long been a theory that a liquid did not retain its shape when removed from its container. However, scientists were forced to change that theory after observing the photographs shown here. The photographs show that the water in the balloon retained its balloon shape for 12 to 13 millionths of a second after the balloon had been burst by a dart." "Science requires careful observations of the world around us. For example, using a highspeed camera and flash, it is possible to study, in great detail, the way the water in a water balloon behaves when the balloon bursts." 15-Dec-2000
14 par. 3, lines 4–5 "...data. To do so, a scientist might construct a graph on which to plot the data. Because..." "...data. To do so, the data might be plotted on graphs. Because..." 19-Dec-2001
16 par. 3, lines 2–3 "...A scientist must run an..." "...A scientist usually runs an..." 14-Mar-2002
16 par. 4, lines 1–3 "If the two friends...as a scientist, they would..." "The two friends would..." 14-Mar-2002
21 Fig. 1-17 Art is not to scale. New Figure 1-17 art 27-Mar-2001
26 par. 2, last two lines "Keep in mind...to make calculations" Delete lines. 10-Feb-2001
28 par. 6, lines 2–4 "...metric ruler. A rectangular solid is often called a regular solid. The volume of a regular solid..." "...metric ruler. The volume of a rectangular solid..." 19-Dec-2001
35 Summarizing Key Concepts, Section 1-4, third bullet, lines 2–3 "...an irregular solid. The volume of a regular solid..." "...an irregular-shaped solid. The volume of a rectangular solid..." 19-Dec-2001
43 par. 2, line 9 "...a force must..." "...an unbalanced force must..." 01-Dec-2001
43 par. 2, lines 1–2 "Scientists have another...an object." "The definition of mass scientists use is that mass is a measure of the inertia (ihn-ER-shuh) of an object." 19-Dec-2001
43 par. 2, lines 6–7 "...rest, a force must..." "...rest, an unbalanced force must..." 19-Dec-2001
44 margin Activity: Discovering Demonstrating Inertia Activity deleted. 29-Feb-2000
49 Fig. 2-10 Art is not to scale. New Figure 2-10 27-Mar-2001
53 Fig. 2-14 caption, lines 7–10 "...These fish can maintain...within their body (inset)." "...Some fish can maintain...within their body." 19-Dec-2001
53 par. 2 "The density of water increases with depth. In other words, the density of water increases as you go deeper under the surface of the water. So the density of deep water is greater than 1 g/mL. At a certain depth, the scuba diver's density is equal to the water's density. The diver will not be able to sink below this depth." "To return to the water's surface, the diver's overall density must be less than 1 g/mL. How can the diver decrease her density? By increasing her overall volume without significantly increasing her mass. Divers wear a vest that they can fill with air. As air enters the vest, the diver's volume is increased, but the change in mass is very small. This increase in volume decreases the diver's density to less than 1 g/mL, causing the diver to slowly rise to the water's surface." 16-May-2000
59 Concept Mastery #2 "Why are astronauts floating above the Earth in a Space Shuttle really not weightless?" Question deleted and remaining questions renumbered. 29-Feb-2000
61 caption lines 2–3 "...freezes into ice. How does ice...?" "...begins to freeze. How does this action...?" 19-Dec-2001
61 par. 3, line 2 "...by ice?" "...by freezing water?" 29-Feb-2000
74 Problem Solving graph The slopes of the phase-change diagram's "solid", "liquid", and "gas" parts. The slope of the phase-change diagram's "liquid" part should be twice as steep as the "solid" and "gas" parts. 28-Mar-2001
74 Problem Solving, col. 1, par. 1, line 2 "..changes. Heat is energy that causes..." "..changes. Energy added as heat causes..." 01-Dec-2001
74 Problem Solving, diagram Revise diagram. Revised Page 74 Diagram 01-Dec-2001
75 Fig. 3-18, caption, lines 3–6 "Dry ice becomes gaseous carbon dioxide (top) and iodine crystals become gaseous iodine (bottom)." "Dry ice (top) becomes gaseous carbon dioxide and iodine crystals (bottom) become gaseous iodine." 19-Dec-2001
76 par. 1, lines 4–5 "...In this particular case, physical properties are not very useful..." "...In this particular case, these physical properties are not very useful..." 19-Dec-2001
94 par. 1, lines 3–4 "Mercury and oil do not dissolve, or are insoluble, in water." "Oil does not dissolve, or is insoluble, in vinegar, which is made up of water." 19-Dec-2001
97 par. 5, lines 4–5 "...in 1813, a system of representing the elements with symbols was introduced..." "...in 1813, a system of representing the elements with symbols based on their Latin names was introduced..." 19-Dec-2001
100 par. 2, lines 3–7 "The compound copper sulfide, which is also known as the ore chalcocite, can be separated into the elements copper and sulfur by heating it to a high temperature." "The compound tin oxide, which is also known as the ore cassiterite, can be separated into the elements tin and oxygen by heating it to a high temperature." 19-Dec-2001
107 Summarizing Key Concepts, 4-2 Mixtures, last bullet, line 2 "...in a given solvent at..." "...in a given amount of solvent at..." 12-Feb-2001
113 par. 4, line 4 "...almost 2100..." "...more than 2000..." 29-Feb-2000
124 Problem Solving, Improving the Odds, col. 2, par. 2, lines 7–9 "...soccer. Remember that...should equal 100 percent." "...soccer. Remember that the total probability for all possible locations is 100 percent." 19-Dec-2001
125 Activity, part f, lines 6–8 "...fluorine, atomic number 9; neon, atomic number 10; or sodium, atomic number 11?" "...fluorine (9), neon (10), or sodium (11)?" 19-Dec-2001
127 Fig. 5-19 caption, lines 4–5 "...The fuzzy areas between atoms represent bonds." Delete sentence. 19-Dec-2001
129 Fig. 5-22 caption, lines 14–16 "Often these new chemicals are analyzed atom by atom in a laboratory...." Delete sentence. 19-Dec-2001
147 par. 2, line 2 "...elements in..." "...oxygen in..." 29-Feb-2000
150 par. 2, lines 5–7 "Hydrogen also has 1 electron in its outer shell. In many ways, it behaves like the alkali metals." Delete sentences. 19-Dec-2001
150 par. 3, lines 15–17 "...may explode." "...may explode. For this reason, alkali metals are usually stored under oil or kerosene to keep them from reacting with oxygen and moisture in the air." 19-Dec-2001
151 Fig. 6-17, caption, lines 4–5 "Which alkali metal has radioactive isotopes?" Question deleted. 19-Dec-2001
231 par. 3, lines 4–5 "A salt is a neutral substance." Sentence deleted. 19-Dec-2001
233 par. 5, line 2 "...complex involves thousands of carbon..." "...complex carbon compounds contain bonds between many carbon..." 01-Dec-2001
249 Concept Mastery, #6, lines 1–3 "In this chapter,...alcohols not bases." Revised Page 249 Concept Mastery Item 6 06-Mar-2002
277 par. 3, line 4 "...elements (also known as synthetic elements) are..." "...elements are..." 01-Dec-2001
277 par. 3, line 8 "...been formed by..." "...been synthesized by..." 01-Dec-2001
286 Fig. 11-21 (left) Photograph of a spiderwort plant. Photograph deleted. 29-Feb-2000
286 Fig. 11-21, caption, lines 3–7 "A spiderwort plant is nature's radiation detector. The stamens of the spiderwort flower are usually blue. In the presence of radiation the stamens turn pink." All three sentences deleted. 19-Dec-2001
301 Activity Doing
Stargazing
New Activity Sunrise, Sunset 19-Jul-2000
303 Fig. 12-5 caption, lines 2–3 "...objects on this scale. Where..." "...objects. Where..." 19-Dec-2001
307 par. 4, last line "...km/hr. Since you are rowing..." "...km/hr. Because you are moving..." 01-Dec-2001
307 par. 4, lines 1–2 "...are rowing a boat downstream at 16 km/hr. Would..." "...are in a boat moving downstream at 16 km/hr relative to the water. Would..." 19-Dec-2001
308 par. 1, lines 6–8 "...were rowing 16 km/hr upstream, you...km/hr." "...were moving at 16 km/hr upstream relative to the water, you...km/hr relative to the shore." 19-Dec-2001
311 Fig. 12-13 Data table and graph are confusing. Delete 9 seconds and 405 meters from table, and re-scale and re-draw graph. 09-Mar-2000
331 Activity Demonstrating Inertia
Obtain a playing card or index card, several coins of different sizes, and an empty glass. Place the card on top of the glass.
Use the coins to design an experiment whose results can be explained using Newton's first law of motion. You should show that an object with more mass has more inertia.
Demonstrating Inertia
Tape one end of a length of string (1 m) to a table tennis ball. Suspend the ball in front of you. Swing it in a horizontal circle. Keep the ball 2.5 cm above the floor. Let go of the string. Observe the direction in which the ball rolls. Repeat several times, letting go of the string at different points. Make drawings of what you observe.
29-Feb-2000
339 Activity Doing: Science and the Leaky Faucet Activity deleted. 29-Feb-2000
347 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, #3, lines 1–3 "Suppose a 12-N force is required to push a crate across a floor when friction is not present. In reality, friction exerts a force of 3N." "Suppose a 15-N force is required to push a crate across a floor." 19-Dec-2001
351 last par., lines 3–4 "...when you suck on a straw..." "...when you use a straw..." 19-Dec-2001
352 Fig. 14-4, caption "...The air pressure pushing down on the liquid outside the straw is greater than the air pressure inside the straw. This difference in pressure forces the liquid up." Both sentences deleted. 03-Mar-2000
352 Fig. 14-5, caption, lines 3–7 No figure and caption. Art of what is happening in Fig. 14-4.
Caption: "This drawing shows what happens in Figure 14-4. The air pressure pushing down on the liquid outside the straw is greater than the pressure inside the straw. The difference in pressure forces the liquid up."
19-Dec-2001
353 Fig. 14-5 and caption Photograph of a champagne bottle being uncorked. Photograph deleted. 29-Feb-2000
356 par. 2, line 6 "...the force of gravity, the..." "...the weight of the fluid above, the..." 01-Dec-2001
360 Activity: Discovering An Archimedean Trick "1. ...such as a die." "1. ...such as a game cube." 02-Mar-2000
365 Connections caption "Bernoulli's principle explains how air moving around a wing produces a force." "Bernoulli's principle helps explain how air moving around a wing produces a force." 07-May-2001
365 Connections, Airplane Wings, lines 1–3 "The top of an airplane wing is curved. Air that moves...along the bottom of the wing. As a result, the air moving..." "The top of this airplane wing is curved. Air that moves...along the bottom of the wing. Also, the air moving..." 19-Dec-2001
365 Connections, Bird Wings, lines 1–2 "Like an airplane wing, a bird's wing is curved..." "Like the airplane wing above, a bird's wing is curved..." 19-Dec-2001
365 Connections, Spoilers, lines 1–2 "...is curved on the lower side, so a spoiler is an upside-down wing. The greater pressure..." "...is curved on the lower side, so a spoiler is an upside-down version of the airplane wing above. The greater pressure..." 19-Dec-2001
369 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, #1, line 2 "...force of 100,000 N on a tabletop,..." "...force of 10,000 N on a tabletop,..." 12-Mar-2001
369 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, #1.a "...if the tabletop were twice as large?" "...if the tabletop area was twice as large?" 11-Mar-2001
369 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, #1.b "...if the tabletop were twice as large?" "...if the tabletop area was twice as large?" 11-Mar-2001
373 Activity, par. 1, last two lines "...ran 25 meters." "...ran to the boarding gate." 01-Dec-2001
373 Activity, par. 3, lines 1–2 "...the work done would change if..." "...the work would have been done if..." 19-Dec-2001
373 par. 1, lines 2–3 "...that the distance...the same direction..." "...that there must be motion of the object along the same direction..." 19-Dec-2001
373 par. 2, lines 2–4 "...object times...object moves):" "...object along the direction the object moves times the distance the object moves." 19-Dec-2001
447 Fig. 17-23 art Right piece of art is incorrect. New Figure 17-23 art 04-May-2001
453 par. 2, lines 7–8 "...radiation (heat) from the sun." "...radiation given off by the Earth's surface." 19-Dec-2001
466 Guide for Reading, bullet "...use heat energy..." "...use thermal energy..." 01-Dec-2001
466 par. 1, line 2 "...work produces heat." "...work can produce heat." 01-Dec-2001
466 par. 1, line 4 "...convert heat energy..." "...convert thermal energy..." 01-Dec-2001
466 par. 1, lines 6–7 "...energy, such as heat, can be converted into any other form of..." "...energy, including thermal energy, can be converted at least partly into other forms of..." 19-Dec-2001
466 par. 2, line 1 "All heat..." "Most heat..." 01-Dec-2001
488 par. 1, lines 7–11 "...induction. The electric charges...near the rod. Because..." "...induction. The approaching negatively charged rod repels negative charges in the molecules of the paper. The molecules become polarized, with negative charges in the moelcules on the side away from the rod and positive charges closer to the rod. Because..." 19-Dec-2001
488 par. 2, lines 2–3 "...movement is called static electricity. The..." "...movement results in a static charge on each object. The..." 19-Dec-2001
488 par. 2, lines 4–5 "...buildup of electric..." "...buildup of unbalanced electric..." 19-Dec-2001
495 par. 2, lines 1–2 "...a source,..." "...a voltage source,..." 19-Dec-2001
495 par. 3, line 4 "...is the amount of charge that flows past a point per second. Scientists..." "...is a current of one coulomb of charge per second flowing past a point. Scientists..." 01-Dec-2001
497 par. 1, line 7 "The electric eel, for example, kills its prey..." "The electric eel, for example, stuns its prey..." 29-Feb-2000
507 Fig. 19-28, caption, lines 2–3 "...basis of the amount of energy used and the length of time for which it is used." "...basis of the power used and the length of time it is used." 19-Dec-2001
523 Fig. 20-8, labels "Geographic north pole"
"Magnetic pole"
"Magnetic pole"
"Geographic south pole"
"Geographic North Pole"
"Magnetic south pole"
"Magnetic north pole"
"Geographic South Pole"
29-Feb-2000
559 par. 4 Revise paragraph. Revised Page 559 Paragraph 01-Dec-2001
560 Fig. 22-2, caption, lines 7–8 "Have you ever seen a vacuum tube?" Question deleted. 19-Dec-2001
607 Connections, col. 2, par. 3, lines 3–5 "...into predicting and describing earthquakes and also to think about preventing them someday." "...into describing earthquakes and also to think about predicting them someday." 19-Dec-2001
673 Fig. 26-6 Art is incorrect. New Figure 26-6 art 09-Feb-2001
674 Fig. 26-8 Art is incorrect. New Figure 26-8 art 03-Apr-2000


Teacher's Edition
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Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
142 Activity, sixth bullet How many elements are liquid? (4) How many elements are liquid? (2) 09-Feb-2001
142 Activity, sixth bullet "How many elements are liquid? (4)" "How many elements are liquid? (2)" 28-Mar-2001
326 Engage, bullet "• Why would rolling objects...to rolling.)" Delete old bullet, and add two new bullets:
New Page 326 Engage Questions
20-Dec-2001
347 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving ans., #3, lines 2–4 "...the crate. The 3-N force...the 12-N force to..." "...the crate. The 8-N force...the 7-N force to..." 21-Dec-2001
369 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving ans. #1.a "...would be four times as great, or 400,000 N." "...would be twice as great, or 20,000 M." 12-Mar-2001
369 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving ans. #1.b "The pressure would one-fourth as great, or 250..." "The pressure would be unchanged, or 10..." 24-May-2001
494 Background Information, lines 7–8 "...charge carried by 6.25 x 10 [to the 8th power] electrons...." "...charge carried by 6.25 x 10 [to the 18th power] electrons...." 20-Dec-2001

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
497 Background, head and lines 1–10 "Peizoelectricity
Peizoelectricity is...In other words, a peizoelectric material will...exhibit the peizoelectric effect...the peizoelectric effect finds..."
"Piezoelectricity
Piezoelectricity is...In other words, a piezoelectric material will...exhibit the piezoelectric effect...the piezoelectric effect finds..."
20-Dec-2001

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
11 2 Explore, Activity, line 8–15 "the code, and provide them with...and list the steps used." "the code.
The decoded sentence is: MANY PEOPLE FIND SCIENCE EXCITING. The code can be "broken" by adding or subtracting 13 letters from each letter in the code. For example, Z 1 13 = M; N 1 13 = A; A 1 13 = N; and so on."
20-Dec-2001
363 Problem Solving ans., Attack of the Shower Curtain "This feature helps students...to tame the attacking shower curtain!" "This feature presents students with a real-life situation in which Bernoulli's principle plays a part. As the air in the shower compartment is heated by hot water, it rises and escapes over the top. Cool, dense air from outside the shower compartment comes in below. The resultant air billows the shower curtain. When the air temperature inside and outside the shower compartment equalizes, the curtain falls. Bernoulli's principle comes into play during the equalization process, since the pressure exerted on the curtain by the faster-moving hot air is less than that exerted on the curtain by the slower-moving air." 11-Mar-2001
363 Problem Solving ans., Attack of the Shower Curtain, line 7 "...comes in from below. The..." "...comes in from below the shower curtain. The..." 11-Mar-2001
363 Problem Solving ans., Attack of the Shower Curtain, lines 5–6 "...escapes over the top. Cool,..." "...escapes over the top of the shower curtain rod. Cool,..." 20-Dec-2001
369 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving #4 ans. "4. Increasing the surface area of the foil...surface tension." "4. "Crushing or folding the foil before placing it in the water will cause it to float due to trapped air. The weight of the volume of water displaced by the foil and the air trapped in it will be less than the weight of the crushed or folded foil and the air trapped in it, which will cause the foil to float. Increasing the surface area of the aluminum foil (e.g. flattening it out) when it is under water, in the absence of air, will help it float under water. Decreasing the surface area (e.g. crushing it into a ball) when it is underwater, in the absence of air, will help it sink." 28-Mar-2001
369 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving #9 ans. "9. Answers may vary. Possible questions include..." "9. Answers may vary." 15-Jun-2000
373 Activity, Calculating, par. 3 "When she drags the suitcase 25 meters,...in the horizontal direction.)" "When dragging the suitcase, the woman exerts a force on the suitcase to overcome the friction between the suitcase and the floor and to keep the suitcase moving along at a constant speed. This force moves the suitcase through a distance and therefore does work." 20-Dec-2001


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