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Corrections for Science Explorer/Book G: Earth's Changing Surface ©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 G: Earth's Changing Surface © 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 G: Earth's Changing Surface 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
0-13-434483-9

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
19 Fig. 7 art Bar scale is incorrect. New Figure 7 art 24-Nov-2001
102 Reviewing Content, Multiple Choice, #5.c "abrasion" "plucking" 04-Oct-2000
109 par. 1, lines 4–8 "...buries an organism, the weight of the sediment squeezes almost all of the decaying organism away. Eventually,...leaves and insects. You can see a carbon film of ancient insects in Figure 5." "...buries an organism, some of the materials that make up the organism evaporate or become gases. These gases escape from the sediment, leaving carbon behind. Eventually,...leaves and insects." 24-Nov-2001
124 Fig. 20, Cambrian row "65" "39" 24-Nov-2001
127 Table B Geologic Events, col. 2, Number of Years Ago, row 6 "3.9 billion" "4.0 billion" 06-Oct-2000
163 #5, last line "...line.)" "...line. Also, not all graphs are linear. It may be more appropriate to draw a curve to connect the points.)" 25-Nov-2001

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
127 col. 2, More to Explore, line 5 "...on a single typing paper..." "...on a single sheet of typing paper..." 06-Oct-2000

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
13 Getting on the Map, Check Your Progress, Section 4 Review, line 2 "...including a legend and map scale." "...including a key and map scale." 05-Oct-2000
13 Getting on the Map, Your Goal, bullet #4, line 1 "use symbols and a legend to represent..." "use symbols and a key to represent..." 05-Oct-2000
35 Section 4, Key Ideas, bullet #3, line 2 "...the amount that elevation increases..." "...the amount that elevation changes..." 06-Oct-2000
36 Reviewing Content, Multiple Choice, #1, lines 1–2 "...has high elevation but low relief is a" "...has high elevation and a mostly flat surface is a" 24-Nov-2001
37 Applying Skills, #21, Inferring, lines 1–2 "In which direction does the stream flow: into or out of the large lake?" "How can you tell whether the streams flow into or out of the large lake?" 24-Nov-2001
47 col. 1, #11, lines 4–5 "...pieces on Day 1 from the mass of the remaining pieces on Day 2." "...pieces remaining on Day 2 from the mass of the pieces on Day 1." 24-Nov-2001
91 par. 5, lines 3–4 "...by a glacier. A terminal moraine looks as if a giant bulldozer pushed it up. Long Island..." "...by a glacier. Long Island..." 24-Nov-2001
116 Fig. 11 caption, lines 1–3 "An unconformity occurs...of sedimentary rock." "An unconformity occurs...of sedimentary rock. Other rock layers then form on top of the eroded surface." 24-Nov-2001
119 par. 3, last two lines "...of the 109 currently known..." "...of the known..." 11-Jul-2001


Teacher's Edition
0-13-434563-0

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
20 Using the Visuals: Figure 7, lines 9–10 "...about 6 3/4 in. and thus represents 6 3/4 mi.)" "...about 6 in. and thus represents about 10 mi.)" 24-Nov-2001
81 Science at Home ans., Materials, line 2 "...9 small sugar cubes,..." "...27 small sugar cubes,..." 04-Oct-2000
109 Integrating Chemistry ans., lines 8–10 "...carbon remains when the weight of sediment squeezes most of the dead organism away." "...carbon remains as a result of the process that forms a carbon film fossil." 24-Nov-2001
126 Sample Table B, Reams/Sheets col., row 7 "3,900" "4,000" 06-Oct-2000
126 Sample Table B, Thickness col., row 7 "175.5 m" "180 m" 06-Oct-2000

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
36 Applying Skills ans., #21, lines 2–3 "...the stream flows..." "...the streams flow..." 24-Nov-2001


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