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Corrections for Science Explorer/Book E: Environmental Science ©2000

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 E: Environmental Science © 2000.

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 E: Environmental 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


  Student Edition
0-13-434486-3

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
25 par. 5, last line "...100 geese die...be 100 geese..." "...500 geese die...be 500 geese..." 15-Dec-2000
26 par. 1, line 7 "...rate of 100..." "...rate of 500..." 15-Dec-2000
33 par. 3, lines 4–6 "...into the air from their leaves. These chemicals settle on the ground and keep grass...around the shrubs. This often forms a ring of bare..." "...into the ground around them. These chemicals keep grass...around the shrubs, sometimes forming a ring of bare..." 27-Oct-2001
37 Sharpen Your Skills, bullet #3, last line "...down the proteins in grass" "...down the cellulose in grass" 16-Sep-2000
78 Fig. 27 caption, lines 8–13 B. After five years, sedges and pine seedling have replaced the flowers. C. After 15 years, a pine...D. After 50 years,...and hickory exists in the field." B. After five years, pine seedlings and other plants populate the field. C. After 30 years, a pine...D. After 100 years,...and hickory is developing in the field." 29-Oct-2001
78 par. 2, lines 4–5 "...After just 50 years, a hardwood forest has developed...." "...After a century, a hardwood forest is developing...." 27-Oct-2001
136 Checking Concepts, #12, line 3 "...contour farming,..." "...contour plowing,..." 12-Sep-2000
136 Multiple Choice, #1, lines 1–2 "The loss of so much...in an area is called..." "The advance of desert-like conditions into areas that previously were fertile is called..." 27-Oct-2001
173 Exploring a Solar House art East and west labels on the compass are reversed. New art 12-Sep-2000
211 #5, last line "...line.)" "...line. Also, not all graphs are linear. It may be more appropriate to draw a curve to connect the points.)" 27-Oct-2001

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
31 par. 2, line 3 "...of the sagauro's arms..." "...of the saguaro's arms..." 15-Dec-2000
34 par. 1, line 2 "...young albatross floating..." "...young albatrosses floating..." 15-Dec-2000
79 Study Guide, Section 3, Key Ideas, second bullet, line 1 "...limit dipersal are..." "...limit dispersal are..." 15-Dec-2000
93 Fig. 7 art, label "Clear cutting" "Clear-cutting" 27-Oct-2001
102 Exploring Endangered Species, Piping Plover, line 3 "...active coastal bird..." "...active, coastal bird..." 15-Dec-2000
136 True and False, #7, line 1 "The layer of soil with the most..." "The layer of soil that contains the most..." 12-Sep-2000
189 par. 1, line 6 "...The mat of...fibers trap air..." "...The mat of...fibers traps air..." 23-Jan-2002

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
25 par. 2, line 4 "...each mouse's belly with..." "...each mouse with..." 15-Dec-2000
28 Section 2 Review, #5, lines 3–4 "...count 3 mice...population of mice in..." "...count 3 grasshoppers...population of grasshoppers in..." 27-Oct-2001
28 last par., last line "...tomatoes in..." "...tomato plants in..." 15-Dec-2000
48 Exploring a Food Web, #2, line 4 "...are herbivores." "...are herbivores or omnivores." 15-Dec-2000
54 Fig. 10 label "Decomposers break down wastes and plant remains and return..." "Decomposers break down wastes and the remains of organisms and return..." 27-Oct-2001
78 par. 2, line 1 "...occurs more rapidly..." "...occurs somewhat more rapidly..." 12-Sep-2000
130 Guide for Reading, bullet #1, line 1 "What are the five categories..." "What are the categories..." 12-Sep-2000


Teacher's Edition
0-13-434567-3

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
25 Building Inquiry Skills: Calculating, line 10 "...– 100 deaths =...of 1,300..." "...– 500 deaths =...of 900..." 23-Jan-2002

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
20 Language Arts Connection notes, par. 1, last line "(Bio- means life, geo- means earth.)" "(Bio- means life, geo- means earth.)" 27-Oct-2001

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
51 Objectives, bullet #2, line 2 "...carbon-oxygen cycle." "...carbon and oxygen cycles." 12-Sep-2000


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