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Corrections for Science Explorer/Book A: From Bacteria to Plants ©2002

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 Science Explorer/Book A: From Bacteria to Plants © 2002.

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 Science Explorer/Book A: From Bacteria to Plants 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


  Student Edition
0-13-054057-9

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
30 In Your Journal, lines 4–6 "...names: Musca domestica, Hirudo medicinalis, and Cornus florida. Then..." "...names: Musca domestica and Hirudo medicinalis.Then..." 18-Nov-2001
121 par. 5, last line "...orange, red, and..." "...orange and..." 11-Jun-2001

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
29 par. 1, last line "...and a beak." "...and beaks." 18-Nov-2001
44 #18, lines 2–7 "...spontaneous gener-ation occurred,...you demon-strate that..." "...spontaneous generation occurred,...you demonstrate that..." 19-Nov-2001
121 Fig. 7 caption, line 4 "...fall, the accessory..." "...fall, some accessory..." 11-Jun-2001
203 col. 3 "club mosses 133" "club mosses 134" 12-Dec-2001

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
22 par. 3, lines 5–7 "...blood. The oxygen and food that your cells need dissolve in the blood and are transported throughout your body. Carbon dioxide and other waste also dissolve in the blood. Your..." "...blood. The food that your cells need dissolves in the blood and is transported throughout your body. Waste dissolves in the blood and is carried away. Your..." 18-Nov-2001
97 par. 2, line 3 "...from the tips of the hyphae into..." "...from the hyphae into..." 11-Jun-2001


Teacher's Edition
0-13-054059-5

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
58 Including All Students, lines 10–13 "...euphoria) Why are...other eukaryotes.) learning..." "...euphoria) learning..." 18-Nov-2001
106 Checking Concepts ans., #13, last line and #14, line 1 "...heterotrophs.
14. In sexual reproduction,..."
"...heterotrophs.
14. An algal bloom in the ocean can cause a red tide to occur. Red tides are dangerous because the toxins that the algae produce can become concentrated in the bodies of organisms that consume the algae. An algal bloom in a lake can increase the rate of eutrophication.
15. In sexual reproduction,..."
18-Nov-2001

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
14b Chapter Planning Guide, Section 1-3 row, Media and Technology col., line 2 "...'Pantera leo?'" "...'Panthera leo?'" 18-Nov-2001
31 Media and Technology, line 3 "'Pantera leo?'" "'Panthera leo?'" 18-Nov-2001
45 Test Preparation ans., #28 "a" "b" 18-Nov-2001
77 Test Preparation ans., #29 "a" "c" 18-Nov-2001
105 Organizing Information ans. flowchart Delete flowchart. 21-Nov-2001
106 Checking Concepts ans. #15 and #16 Renumber #15 and #16 to #16 and #17. 18-Nov-2001
106 Thinking Critically and Applying Skills ans. #17–#23 Renumber #17–#23 to #18–#24. 18-Nov-2001
107 Test Preparation ans. #24–#27 Renumber #24–#27 to #25–#28. 18-Nov-2001
135 Organizing Information, lines 1–4 "Compare/Contrast Table a. Small...f. Yes; Characteristics of Mosses and Ferns" "Compare/Contrast Table Sample title: Characteristics of Mosses and Ferns; a. Small...f. Yes" 18-Nov-2001

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
41 Language Arts Connection, lines 5–6 "...bacteria are similar to the..." "...bacteria may be among the..." 18-Nov-2001


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