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Corrections for Science Explorer/Book I: Weather and Climate ©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 I: Weather and Climate © 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 I: Weather and Climate 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
0-13-434494-4

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
68 par. 1, line 4 "...fall from stratus clouds." "...fall from nimbostratus clouds." 26-Nov-2000
100 Fig. 17, last line "...in the atmosphere." "...in the troposphere." 24-Nov-2001
113 Fig. 1 art Incorrect positioning of latitude lines. New Figure 1 art 24-Nov-2001
145 Applying Skills, #18 art Incorrect positioning of latitude lines. New art 24-Jan-2001
147 par. 5, line 4 "...at Little America (see map)." "...at Little America." 26-Nov-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.)" 24-Nov-2001
168 Glossary, col. 1, air mass, line 3 "(p.78)" "(p.76)" 26-Nov-2000
168 Glossary, col. 1, anticyclone, line 1 "...(p.84)" "...(p.82)" 26-Nov-2000
168 Glossary, col. 1, continental (air mass), line 2 "...(p.78)" "...(p.76)" 26-Nov-2000
168 Glossary, col. 2, cyclone, line 1 "...(p.83)" "...(p.81)" 26-Nov-2000
168 Glossary, col. 2, evacuate, line 1 "...(p.92)" "...(p.90)" 26-Nov-2000
168 Glossary, col. 2, flash flood, line 3 "(p.98)" "(p.96)" 26-Nov-2000
168 Glossary, col. 2, front, line 2 "(p.81)" "(p.79)" 26-Nov-2000
169 Glossary, col. 1, hurricane, line 3 "...(p.90)" "...(p.88)" 26-Nov-2000
169 Glossary, col. 1, lightning, line 3 "...(p.86)" "...(p.84)" 26-Nov-2000
169 Glossary, col. 1, maritime (air mass), line 2 "...(p.78)" "...(p.76)" 26-Nov-2000
169 Glossary, col. 2, mesosphere, line 2 "...(p.33)" "...(p.32)" 26-Nov-2000
169 Glossary, col. 2, occluded, line 3 "...(p.83)" "...(p.81)" 26-Nov-2000
169 Glossary, col. 2, polar (air mass), line 3 "...(p.78)" "...(p.76)" 26-Nov-2000
170 Glossary, col. 1, storm surge, line 2 "...(p.92)" "...(p.90)" 26-Nov-2000
170 Glossary, col. 1, storm, line 2 "(p.85)" "(p.83)" 26-Nov-2000
170 Glossary, col. 2, tornado, line 3 "...(p.87)" "...(p.85)" 26-Nov-2000
170 Glossary, col. 2, tropical (air mass), line 2 "...(p.78)" "...(p.76)" 26-Nov-2000

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
23 par. 4, line 4 "Recently-built power plants..." "Recently built power plants..." 26-Nov-2000
96 Sharpen Your Skills, line 7 "...to follow in a case..." "...to follow in case..." 26-Nov-2000
125 Exploring Climate Regions, Polar, Ice cap, line 2 "...temperatures at..." "...temperature at..." 26-Nov-2000
125 Exploring Climate Regions, Polar, Tundra, line 3 "...temperatures about..." "...temperature about..." 26-Nov-2000
134 par. 1, line 8 "...reducing the the size of..." "...reducing the size of..." 26-Nov-2000
145 Thinking Critically "23. Making Judgments..." "22. Making Judgments..." 28-Nov-2000

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
15 Fig. 2 caption "Dry air always has..." "Dry air in the lower atmosphere always has..." 28-Nov-2000
16 par. 3, line 1 "Each oxygen molecule has two..." "Most oxygen molecules have two..." 28-Nov-2000
23 par. 4, line 2 "...amounts of all major air pollutants..." "...amounts of most major air pollutants..." 26-Nov-2000
28 Skills Lab, #3, lines 6–7 "This is your pointer. Add a pea-sized...of the pointer." "This is your pointer." 24-Nov-2001
28 Skills Lab, #5, line 1 "After the glue dries, place your barometer..." "After the glue dries, add a pea-sized piece of modeling clay to the end of the pointer. Place your barometer..." 24-Dec-2000
30 Science at Home, line 2 "Fill a glass half full with water." "Fill a glass with water." 28-Nov-2000
32 last par., lines 5–6 "...kilometers. The outer mesosphere is the coldest part of the atmosphere, with temperatures near —90°C." "...kilometers. In the outer mesosphere, temperatures approach —90°C." 24-Nov-2001
64 last par., line 4 "...made mostly of..." "...made of..." 24-Nov-2001
64 par. 3, last line "...air creates..." "...air often creates..." 24-Dec-2000
65 Exploring Clouds, Cirrus clouds photograph caption, lines 3–4 "...up mostly of..." "...up of..." 24-Nov-2001
117 Fig. 5 caption, line 3 "...to the Pacific coast. Inferring..." "...to the Pacific coast. To the east of the Sierras is the Owens Valley, shown above. Inferring..." 28-Nov-2000
117 Fig. 5, top photograph Expose more of desert in foreground. New Figure 5 26-Nov-2000
124 Exploring Climate Regions, Temperate Marine, line 1 "Temperatures 10°C or above..." "Average temperature 10°C or above..." 24-Nov-2001
125 Exploring Climate Regions, Polar, line 1 "Temperature below 10°C..." "Average temperature below 10°C..." 24-Nov-2001
125 Exploring Climate Regions, Temperate Continental, line 1 "Temperature 10°C or above..." "Average temperature 10°C or above..." 24-Nov-2001
129 par. 1, line 1 "...found on large continents..." "...found on continents..." 26-Nov-2000


Teacher's Edition
0-13-434559-2

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
15 Building Inquiry Skills: Making Models, lines 5–6 "...in the same proportions everywhere. To reinforce..." "...in the same proportions below about 80 kilometers. To reinforce..." 30-Nov-2001
42 Reading Strategies, lines 5–6 "...ROY G. BIV or...in vain.'" "...ROY G. BV or...in vain.'" 26-Nov-2001
57 Answers to Self-Assessment, Checkpoint, line 4 "...southwest wind." "...northeast wind." 26-Nov-2000
84 Background, col. 1, lines 7–8 "...Every minute 100 bolts..." "...Every second about 100 bolts..." 30-Nov-2001
84 Background, col. 1, lines 8–9 "...strike Earth's surface, killing about 70 people each year..." "...strike Earth's surface. About 80 people in the United States are killed by lightning each year..." 30-Nov-2001
89 Answers to Self-Assessment, Caption Questions, Figure 9, line 3 "...Mexico" "...Mexico, Arkansas" 26-Nov-2000

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
10 col. 1, bullet #2, line 19 "...can temporarily leaving the area to..." "...can temporarily leave the area to..." 26-Nov-2000
13 Performance Assessment, third bullet, line 2 "presentation of results are;" "presentation of results is;" 23-Jan-2002
59 Exploring Global Winds notes, par. 3, line 11 "...Northern hemisphere..." "...Northern Hemisphere..." 28-Nov-2000
114 Background, col. 2, par. 1, lines 1–2 "...than that of Omaha, whereas on average,..." "...than that of Omaha, and on average,..." 30-Nov-2001

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
23 Building Inquiry Skills: Inferring, line 2 "...sulfur dioxide have decreased..." "...sulfur dioxide emissions in the U.S. have decreased..." 28-Nov-2000
29 Analyze and Conclude notes, #4, lines 1–3 "...A great change in temperature...to expand, affecting the..." "...A great increase in temperature...to expand, and a large decrease in temperature would cause it to contract, affecting the..." 30-Nov-2001
31 Activating Prior Knowledge, line 3 "What is a shooting star? (A meteoroid..." "What is a shooting star? (A meteor..." 26-Nov-2000
50 Background, last 2 lines "...(134°F), which was recorded in Death Valley..." "...(134°F), at Death Valley..." 24-Nov-2001
50 Background, line 2 "...ever recorded on Earth is..." "...ever recorded near Earth's surface is..." 26-Nov-2000
59 Exploring Global Winds notes, par. 3, line 10 "...in the figure how the..." "...in the figure how, in the Northern hemisphere, the..." 26-Nov-2000
65 Answers to Self-Assessment, Checkpoint, lines 1–3 "The tops of some mountains...at high altitudes. This causes..." "When warm, moist air moves upward over a mountain, it cools. This causes..." 30-Nov-2001
68 Background, col. 2, line 8 "...use the method to control drought in many..." "...use this method in many..." 26-Nov-2000
84 Background, col. 1, last line and col. 2, first line "...killed each year by tornadoes) and injuring about 300 more. Over..." "...killed each year by tornadoes.) Over..." 26-Nov-2000
95 Discover, Think It Over, lines 2–3 "...are channels through which water flows. The river might..." "...are narrow channels that collect water from much larger areas. The river might..." 30-Nov-2001
114 Background, col. 2, par. 2, lines 2–3 "...by its proximity to the ocean. The ocean acts..." "...by its proximity to the ocean and the North Atlantic drift. The ocean acts..." 30-Nov-2001
142 Addressing Naive Conceptions, lines 15–16 "...in the upper layers of the atmosphere would..." "...in the stratosphere would..." 30-Nov-2001
142 Addressing Naive Conceptions, lines 8–9 "...smog. Smog forms when water particles condense on particles in the air. Ozone..." "...smog. Ozone..." 30-Nov-2001


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