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Corrections for Science Explorer/Earth Science ©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/Earth Science © 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/Earth 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
0-13-062644-9

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
128 Fig. 20 art No volcanos shown. New Figure 20 art 19-Jul-2001
149 Fig. 8 photograph Image is reversed. Reverse image. 23-Jan-2002
299 par. 3, lines 10–11 "...are just a few of the 109 currently known elements." "...are just a few of the known elements." 21-Nov-2001
365 Science and History, Mexico, heading and leader line "A.D. 500 Mexico" "A.D. 1200 Mexico", and re-position leader to correct location on the timeline. 23-Jan-2002
523 Test Preparation, graph, vertical axis Numerals and axis markings are not aligned. Align numerals and axis markings. 19-Jul-2001
648 Exploring Phases of the Moon Waning Crescent photograph Photograph is upside down. 19-Jul-2001
683 Fig. 10 Art New Art 19-Jul-2001
691 Fig. 19 table, last col., rows 1–3 "17
19
18"
"18+
18+
20+"
21-Nov-2001
692 par. 3, lines 6–7 "...discovered 13 more moons...Jupiter, for a total of 17." "...discovered and continue to discover additional moons...Jupiter." 21-Nov-2001
695 Fig. 24 caption, line 3 "...its 18 moons." "...its moons." 19-Jul-2001
695 par. 5, last two lines "...before. In 1999, astronomers discovered another moon, for a total of 18." "...before. Since 1999, astronomers have discovered more moons orbiting Uranus." 19-Jul-2001
702 Fig. 29 caption, lines 5–8 "...NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission photographed the asteroid Mathilde (right) in 1997." "...NASA's Galileo mission photographed the asteroid Gaspra (right)." 21-Nov-2001
749 Honor in a Name, par. 1, lines 6–8 "...NASA, Valerie wrote...were 3,800 students..." "...NASA and The Planetary Society, Valerie wrote...were 3,500 students..." 21-Nov-2001
772�773 Periodic Table of the Elements, various elements, line 4 Actinium: "227.028"
Bohrium: "(262)"
Lawrencium: "(260)"
Meitnerium: "(266)"
Neptunium: "237.048"
Ununbium: "(272)"
Actinium: "(227)"
Bohrium: "(264)"
Lawrencium: "(262)"
Meitnerium: "(268)"
Neptunium: "(237)"
Ununbium: "(277)"
23-Aug-2001

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
40 col. 2, #6, line 1 "Repeat Step 6 several..." "Repeat Step 5 several..." 19-Jul-2001
211 caption, line 2 "cathedral of..." "Cathedral of..." 19-Jul-2001
349 par. 1, line 6 "...The mat of...fibers trap air..." "...The mat of...fibers traps air..." 23-Jan-2002
673 par. 1, line 2 "...for almost 20..." "...for about 20..." 19-Jul-2001
709 Organizing Information, line 6 "...who the system was first proposed by;..." "...who first proposed the system;..." 19-Jul-2001

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
157 par. 3, lines 1-2 "...a rating of...waves as measured by a particular type..." "...a rating of...waves that was once measured by a type..." 19-Jul-2001
464 Sharpen Your Skills, lines 1–3 "...Earth's largest mountain? Use..." "...Earth's tallest mountain? Use..." 08-Feb-2002
548 last par., last line "...made mostly of..." "...made of..." 19-Jul-2001
549 Cirrus clouds photo. caption, last two lines "...up mostly of..." "...up of..." 19-Jul-2001
567 Discover, #1, line 1 "Fill a large plastic jar..." Add a breakage icon, and revise line: "Fill a large jar..." 19-Jul-2001
651 par. 4, lines 4–5 "...edge of the shadow appears..." "...edge of the umbra appears..." 21-Nov-2001
682 par. 3, line 4 "...with a small amount of carbon dioxide. Earth's..." "...with small amounts of argon and other gases. Earth's..." 19-Jul-2001
687 par. 4, lines 7–10 "...that Schiaparelli and Lowell were mistaken. There are no canals on Mars, or even...from Earth." "...that Lowell was mistaken. There are no canals on Mars." 21-Nov-2001
691 Fig. 19 table, Number of Moons col., heading "Number of
Moons
"
"Number of
Moons

(as of 2001)"
21-Nov-2001
725 par. 2, line 2 "...light-years. The distance..." "...light-years using existing technology. The distance..." 19-Jul-2001
733 par. 4, line 8 "Small stars...than large stars,..." "Small-mass stars...than large-mass stars,..." 19-Jul-2001
740 par. 2, lines 10–11 "...by massive clouds of stars, gas, and dust between..." "...by the dust associated with massive clouds of gas between..." 21-Nov-2001


Teacher's Edition
0-13-062648-1

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
7 Answers to Self-Assessment, Caption Question ans. "The right-hand side...on this side." "The area just to the right of center appears to be moving fastest because the stakes moved farther in that location." 23-Jan-2002
51 Answers to Self-Assessment, Caption Question "...is 4." "...is 4 or 5." 28-Jan-2002
97 Organizing Information, Cycle Diagram, lines 1–5 "a. Igneous...lava. b. Igneous...away. c. Sediments build up. d. Sedimentary rock forms. e. Rock...magma." "a. Lava erupts. b. Igneous...lava. c. Igneous...away. d. Sediments build up. e. Sedimentary rock forms." 03-Dec-2001
369 Using the Visuals: Figure 3, lines 14–17 "...major rivers that are not labeled on the text map—...Hudson, James, Savannah, Rio Grande,..." "...major rivers that are not labeled on the text map—" implies that they are shown on the text map, which they are not:
"...Hudson, Rio Grande,..."
07-Dec-2001
390 Checking Concepts ans., #13, line 4 "About two thirds of..." "About three fourths of..." 23-Jan-2002
691 Using the Visuals: Figure 19, line 12 "...(Neptune) learning..." "...(Neptune)Astronomers using sophisticated new technology and software have recently identified a number of additional small moons in orbit around Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. In order to be officially recognized, additional observations are required to establish orbits for these moons. learning..." 06-Sep-2001
751 Facilitate, second bullet, lines 2–4 "...in 1999. Russia...experience—more than 20 years—than the..." "...in 1999 and that Mir re-entered Earth's atmosphere on a controlled trajectory and crashed into the Pacific Ocean in March 2001. Russia...experience than the..." 04-Dec-2001

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
267 Media and Technology, line 3 "...Sediment',..." "...Sediment,'..." 06-Sep-2001
307 Analyze and Conclude ans., #5, line 2 "...in not..." "...is not..." 06-Sep-2001
330 Integrating Technology notes, line 6 "...14. learning..." "...14.) learning..." 06-Sep-2001
351 Compare/Contrast Table, Energy Type col., Water row, line 6 "...negative effct on..." "...negative effect on..." 23-Jan-2002
367 Advance Planning, last two lines "...by writing student's names..." "...by writing students' names..." 06-Sep-2001
497 Performance Assessment, third bullet, line 2 "presentation of results are;" "presentation of results is;" 23-Jan-2002
516 Building Inquiry Skills: Inferring, line 4 "...mesosphere colder..." "...mesosphere generally colder..." 06-Sep-2001


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