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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

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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	par. 3, line 3	"...more than 2.5 million..."	"...more than 1.5 million..."	28-Feb-2001
55	Summarizing Key Concepts, 22 Monerans, fourth bullet	"Some bacteria live in colonies. A colony is a group of organisms that live together in close association. Some members of these colonies may be specialized for specific functions."	Delete bullet and its contents.	28-Feb-2001
74	Figure 3-18 art	Incorrect and missing labels	New Figure 3-18 art labels	01-Mar-2001
74	Figure 3-18 art "Eyespot" label	Leader line and label "Eyespot."	Leader line and label "Eyespot" is moved to bottom of diagram to point at eyespot from below.	28-Feb-2001
74	Figure 3-18 art "Pouch" label	"Pouch"	Replace "Pouch" label with "Second flagellum" label.	28-Feb-2001
74	Figure 3-18 art label	No leader line and label pointing to correct pouch location	Leader line pointing to correct pouch location with label "Pouch."	28-Feb-2001
77	3-3 Section Review, #5	"Why do experts...should be classified?"	Delete item.	28-Feb-2001
108	Activity, #3, lines 26	"...long as 100 meters...How long is a 100-meter kelp..."	"...long as 65 meters...How long is a 65-meter kelp..."	28-Feb-2001

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page	Location	Original	Revision	Date Posted
63	par. 3, line 7	"...use psuedopods to..."	"...use pseudopods to..."	28-Feb-2001
64	Figure 3-6 art label	"Psuedopod"	"Pseudopod"	28-Feb-2001

Changes for clarification.

Page	Location	Original	Revision	Date Posted
45	Figure 2-12 art (top)	Leader lines from "Cytoplasm" and "Hereditary material" to art	"Hereditary material" leader line should point to the strands of hereditary material in art, and "Cytoplasm" leader line should not point to hereditary material.	28-Feb-2001
80	Procedure, #5, line 2	"...next to the piece of filter paper."	"...next to the slime mold."	28-Feb-2001
110	par. 3, lines 23	"...can grow to be several meters long, but..."	"...can grow to be a meter long, but..."	28-Feb-2001
140	par. 4, line 3	"...such as strychine and nicotine,..."	"...such as nicotine,..."	28-Feb-2001