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Corrections for Science Explorer/Book K: Chemical Building Blocks ©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 K: Chemical Building Blocks © 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 K: Chemical Building Blocks 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
0-13-054091-9

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
55 par. 2, lines 3–4 "...size? Think back to Boyle's law. When..." "...size? When..." 23-Jan-2002
80�81 Exploring the Periodic Table, atomic mass data Actinium 227.028
Lawrencium (260)
Neptunium 237.048
Radium 226.025
Actinium (227)
Lawrencium (262)
Neptunium (237)
Radium (226)
02-Nov-2001
90 Fig. 13 art, radium data, line 4 "226.025" "(226)" 06-Jun-2001
90 par. 1, lines 4–5 "...hard, bright white,..." "...hard, gray-white,..." 02-Nov-2001
91 Fig. 14 art, actinium data, last line "227.028" "(227)" 06-Jun-2001
121 Fig. 12 caption, line 4–7 "...to ripen (left). Acetylene...pipeline (right)." "...to ripen." 02-Nov-2001
121 Fig. 12 caption, structural formulas ethene and acetylene formulas Remove acetylene formula. 06-Jun-2001
121 Fig. 12 photographs Welder photograph Remove welder photograph. 06-Jun-2001
165 List of Chemical Elements, Atomic Mass data Actinium 227.028
Bohrium (262)
Meitnerium (266)
Neptunium 237.048
Radium 226.025
Actinium (227)
Bohrium (264)
Meitnerium (268)
Neptunium (237)
Radium (226)
02-Nov-2001
166�167 Periodic Table of the Elements, atomic mass data Actinium 227.028
Lawrencium (260)
Neptunium 237.048
Radium 226.025
Actinium (227)
Lawrencium (262)
Neptunium (237)
Radium (226)
02-Nov-2001
169 col. 2 "mass...
melting..."
"mass...
matter Anything that has mass and occupies space. (p. 14)
melting..."
06-Jun-2001
173 col. 2 "halogen compounds 122" "halogen-containing compounds 122" 06-Jun-2001

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
7 Chapter Project, Chapter 1 line "Comparing Brand X" "Comparing Brands X, Y, and Z" 06-Jun-2001
36 Real-World Lab, col. 1, line 4 "...electrolysis to isolate..." "...electrolysis procedure to isolate..." 06-Jun-2001
37 Real-World Lab, #6, line 2, and #7, line 1 "...run for 2–3 minutes..." "...run 2–3 minutes..." 02-Nov-2001
121 par. 1, lines 1–2 "...section, you have seen structural formulas of molecules with only..." "...section, structural formulas have shown only..." 02-Nov-2001
126 par. 2, last line "...during digestion." "...during digestion." 06-Jun-2001

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
14 par. 2, lines 1–2 "...however, the word matter has...meaning. Matter is..." "...however, it has...meaning. Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space. It is..." 02-Nov-2001
36 Real-World Lab, Problem, line 1 "...can pure copper..." "...can copper..." 06-Jun-2001
36 par. 1 "A method that's commonly used...such as a battery." "Many steps are involved in obtaining copper from its ores. The last step in the process is called electrolysis. This term literally means 'electric cutting.' In one kind of electrolysis, a copper compound is dissolved in water, forming a mixture called a solution. Two metal strips called electrodes are placed in the copper compound solution. Each electrode is attached to a wire, and the wires are connected to a source of electric current, such as a battery." 06-Jun-2001
37 Real-World Lab, Procedure "10. Note..." "10. Note...
11. Discard the solution as directed by your teacher, and wash your hands."
13-Aug-2001
37 par. 1 "...is turned on,...amounts of copper metal." "...is turned on, one electrode in the solution becomes coated with copper metal. At the same time, other materials form on the second electrode. In a laboratory, electrolysis yields only small amounts of copper metal. In industry, the isolation of copper from its ores happens on a huge scale and involves several complex steps. Because many copper compounds do not dissolve in water, the method of electrolysis used in the last step can vary." 13-Aug-2001
118 par. 4, line 2 "Methane, also known as natural gas,..." "Methane, the main gas in natural gas,..." 06-Jun-2001
121 par. 2, line 5 "...each carbon atom as..." "...each carbon as..." 06-Jun-2001
121 par. 2, lines 6–7 "...with hydrogen atoms. Hydrocarbons..." "...with hydrogens. Hydrocarbons..." 02-Nov-2001
168 Boyle's law definition, line 2 "...of a gas; when..." "...of a gas at constant temperature; when..." 06-Jun-2001
168 Charles's law definition, line 2 "...of a gas; when..." "...of a gas at constant pressure; when..." 06-Jun-2001
169 digestion definition "The process of...change. (p. 126)" "The process by which the body breaks down large nutrient molecules into smaller molecules. (p. 126)" 06-Jun-2001
169 electrode definition "A metal strip used in electrolysis. (p. 36)" "A metal strip that conducts electricity; often used in an electrolysis process. (p. 36)" 06-Jun-2001
169 fullerene definition, lines 2–3 "...pattern similar to the surface of a soccer ball. (p. 115)" "...pattern. (p. 115)" 02-Nov-2001


Teacher's Edition
0-13-054092-7

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
84 Background, col. 1, lines 3–4 "...in physics and once in chemistry. Curie..." "...in physics with Henri Becquerel and Pierre Curie, her husband, in 1903 and once in chemistry, in 1911. Curie..." 02-Nov-2001

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
47 Integrating Earth Science, line 4 "...volcano depends in part on the..." "...volcano is related to the..." 15-Jun-2001
54 Background, col. 2, lines 7–8 "...flammable. Like the...contained hydrogen, several..." "...flammable. Several..." 02-Nov-2001
60 Guiding Inquiry, lines 6–10 "What will happen...handle is pushed...inside will be...plunger is pushed..." "What would happen...handle were pushed...inside would be...plunger was pushed..." 02-Nov-2001


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