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Corrections for Science Explorer/Book N: Electricity and Magnetism ©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 N: Electricity and Magnetism © 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 N: Electricity and Magnetism 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
0-13-434485-5

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
21 Fig. 9, last row of magnets Magnets are missing red field lines. New Figure 9 art 27-Nov-2000
40 Fig. 25 label "Micrograph of tape" "Magnified photograph of tape" 18-Aug-2000
41 col. 2, Section 4, third bullet, lines 3–4 "...wire in the coil, and the type of..." "...wire in the coil, how close together the turns of wire are, and the type of..." 04-Nov-2001
50 Checkpoint "What is conservation of charge?" "What is the law of conservation of charge?" 18-Aug-2000
66 par. 3, last line "to follow, and so resistance decreases." "to follow, and so total resistance decreases." 26-Aug-2000
69 par. 3, lines 7–9 "...will be small....water is a conductor of electricity, so water actually decreases your resistance...the voltage can produce enough..." "...will be smaller....water is not a very good conductor of electricity, but it does decrease your resistance...the voltage can still produce enough..." 04-Nov-2001
78 par. 3, line 4 "...magnetic force pulls..." "...magnetic field pulls..." 18-Aug-2000
79 par. 2, last line "...the electric current makes..." "...the magnetic field of the current makes..." 17-Dec-2000
79 par. 2, line 4 "because the electric current..." "because the magnetic field of the current..." 26-Aug-2000
82 col. 1, Materials, line 3 "permanent bar magnet" "permanent circular magnet" 18-Aug-2000
90 Fig. 9 art label "Coal 56.4%" "Coal 56.5%" 18-Aug-2000
95 Fig. 9 art Voltmeters in the primary circuits are shown wired incorrectly in series. New Figure 16 art 27-Nov-2000
136 col. 2, #4, lines 3–6 "...the binary number 100 is equivalent to 4:
(1W4)+(0W2)+(0W1) =
4+0+0 = 4"
"...the binary number 101 is equivalent to 5:
(1W4)+(0W2)+(1W1) =
4+0+1 = 5"
04-Nov-2001
139 par. 3, line 1 "...in the 1960s as a military..." "...in 1969 as a military..." 18-Aug-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.)" 04-Nov-2001
168 col. 2, conservation of charge, line 2 "...neither gained nor..." "...neither created nor..." 18-Aug-2000
169 col. 2, galvanometer, line 2 "...(p. 80)" "...(p. 79)" 18-Aug-2000

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
28 par. 3, lines 2–3 "...Earth's magnetic field may attract the domains..." "...Earth's magnetic field can attract the domains..." 04-Nov-2001
30 par. 1, lines 1–2 "...Oersted (ur sted) was..." "Ur" should be small caps:
"...Oersted (UR sted) was..."
04-Nov-2001
62 col. 1, par. 1, line 4 "...any settings in..." "...any setting in..." 18-Aug-2000
91 par. 3, line 6 "...in Figure 9 that coal..." "...in Figure 9, coal..." 18-Aug-2000
101 par. 5, line 7 "...there is a voltage, between them...." "...there is a voltage between them...." 18-Aug-2000
141 par. 2, line 4 "allow two or move users..." "allow two or more users..." 26-Aug-2000
144 col. 1, #4, line 1 "...of an computer..." "...of a computer..." 18-Aug-2000
146 par. 3, line 5 "...to the the telegraph..." "...to the telegraph..." 18-Aug-2000

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
21 par. 1, line 8 "...to line up..." "...to stay lined up..." 26-Aug-2000
23 col. 2, #9, line 1 "Apply Canadian coins..." "Apply Some Canadian coins..." 18-Aug-2000
24 Activity, Discover, #1, lines 1–2 "...by rubbing it with one end..." "...by rubbing it several times in the same direction with one end..." 04-Nov-2001
24 Activity, Think It Over, lines 1–2 "...Do you think it will always point..." "...Will it always point..." 04-Nov-2001
28 par. 4, last line "...Earth has done so anyway." "...Earth might have done so anyway." 17-May-2001
29 par. 2, lines 3–4 "...time. In fact, Earth's magnetic field has completely reversed direction every million years or so." "...time. Earth's magnetic field completely reversed itself about 750,000 years ago." 04-Nov-2001
30 Activity, Discover, #5 "...over the compasses. Do not let the wire touch the compasses." "...over the compasses. Make sure the compass needles are free to turn." 18-Aug-2000
38 par. 1, line 2 "magnetic field. By turning..." "magnetic field around the wire. By turning..." 18-Aug-2000
40 Fig. 25 caption, line 1 "...A micrograph shows..." "...A magnified photograph shows..." 04-Nov-2001
41 col. 2, Section 3, fourth bullet, lines 3–4 "...through materials called insulators." "...through insulators." 04-Nov-2001
49 par. 3, line 2 "Static electricity is quite different from..." "Static electricity behaves quite differently from..." 18-Aug-2000
56 par. 1, lines 6–7 "...not the pump that matters...." "...not the kind of pump that matters...." 04-Nov-2001
59 par. 5, lines 4–5 "...two paths, it will travel through the one with lower resistance." "...two paths, more current will travel through the one with lower resistance." 04-Nov-2001
61 Check Your Progress, lines 7–9 "...ideas to explore: the presence of a drop of water, a slight..." "...ideas to explore: an object falling, a slight..." 04-Nov-2001
61 par. 2, lines 4–5 "...That is why a bulb most often burns out the instant..." "...That is one reason a bulb might burn out the instant..." 04-Nov-2001
64 Activity, #3, line 1 "...unscrew the first bulb..." "...unscrew one bulb..." 18-Aug-2000
64 Fig. 11 caption, line 2 "...of an electric circuit." "...of a parallel circuit." 18-Aug-2000
66 Sharpen Your Skills, last three lines "What can you...parallel circuits?" "Does this circuit behave like either a parallel circuit or a series circuit? Explain." 26-Aug-2000
66 Sharpen Your Skills, last three lines "What can you conclude about the current through series and parallel circuits?" "Does this circuit behave like either a parallel circuit or a series circuit? Explain." 17-Dec-2000
66 par. 3, last line "...so resistance decreases." "...so total resistance decreases." 17-Dec-2000
70 par. 5, lines 2–3 "...the resistance decreases..." "...the total resistance decreases..." 04-Nov-2001
78 Activity, #1, lines 1–2 "...winding copper wire..." "...winding insulated copper wire..." 04-Nov-2001
80 Fig. 3 caption, last line "...on the loop." "...on the loop. The loop continues to spin in the same direction." 26-Aug-2000
80 last par., line 3 "...current. In a motor,..." "...current and the magnetic field. In a motor,..." 18-Aug-2000
81 par. 1, last line "...spins continuously." "...spins continuously in the same direction." 18-Aug-2000
82 col. 2 art label "Uncoated wire" "All coating removed" 18-Aug-2000
89 Geothermal Energy caption, lines 1–2 "...water near molten rock is heated until it becomes steam...." "...water heated by molten rock turns to steam...." 04-Nov-2001
90 Fig. 10, col. 3, line 10 "Unused generating sites are..." "Unused sites for dams are..." 26-Aug-2000
91 last par., lines 4–5 "...replaced. They will almost certainly become more expensive as the largest deposits are exhausted. For this reason,..." "...replaced. Eventually even the largest deposits will be used up. For this reason,..." 04-Nov-2001
100 par. 4 "To prove his hypothesis,...similar to Volta's." Revised Page 100 Paragraph 04-Nov-2001
103 par. 2, lines 5–6 "...battery. Not every substance can be recharged. The electrodes must be..." "...battery. The electrodes in a rechargeable battery must be..." 04-Nov-2001
141 par. 2, lines 1–3 "One important kind of computer safety is not handled by software—screening users. For this reason, you should be very careful..." "One important kind of computer safety is your personal safety. Computer users are not screened. For this reason, be very careful..." 04-Nov-2001
142 What Are the Dangers of Manipulated Photos? par. "It's nearly impossible...in court cases." Revised Page 142 Paragraph 04-Nov-2001
146 last par., last four lines "...and sell his product. One of his most important...When he was still a young man, Edison created..." "...and sell a product. One of Edison's most important....He created..." 26-Aug-2000


Teacher's Edition
0-13-434566-5

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
66 Sharpen Your Skills ans., Tips, line 8 "brighter than the parallel bulb because..." "brighter than the two parallel bulbs because..." 24-Aug-2000
91 Check Your Progress, last line "6 min = 6 min W (60 min/h) = 0.1 h" "6 min = 6 min w (60 min/h) = 0.1 h" 24-Aug-2000
136 Analyze and Conclude ans., #4 "...A 3-gigabyte...(3,000,000,000 bytes) = 24,000,000,000...$240,000,000!" "...A 10-gigabyte...(10,000,000,000 bytes) = 80,000,000,000...$800,000,000!" 04-Nov-2001
136 Troubleshooting the Experiment, lines 4–5 "to call 100 'one hundred' when...a value of 4. Remind..." "to call 101 'one hundred and one' when...a value of 5. Remind..." 04-Nov-2001

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
124 Including All Students, line 12 "...or further apart..." "...or farther apart..." 04-Nov-2001

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
51 Answers to Self-Assessment, lines 1–2 "Conservation of charge is a law which states that..." "The law of conservation of charge states that..." 04-Nov-2001


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