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Corrections for Science Insights/Exploring Matter and Energy ©1997

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 Insights/Exploring Matter and Energy © 1997.

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 Insights/Exploring Matter and Energy 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
0-201-67326-6

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
56 par. 3, line 3 "...the force of gravity..." "...the acceleration of gravity..." 17-Mar-2001
290 text references and art labels All references to magnetic north and south poles. Change all references in text and in art labels for "magnetic north pole" and "magnetic south pole" to "magnetic North Pole" and "magnetic South Pole". 29-Mar-2001
306 Check Your Knowledge, #11, lines 24 "...(north geographic pole, south geographic pole, north magnetic pole, sun)." "...(geographic North Pole, geographic South Pole, magnetic North Pole, sun)." 29-Mar-2001
343 par. 1, lines 69 "...to one another. Compressions...indicate the lowest energy." "...to one another." 22-Mar-2001
430 Check Your Understanding, #8, lines 35 "...of their appearance. Explain how the moisture in the air forms a rainbow. How could you..." "...of their appearance. How could you..." 18-Mar-2001

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
61 par. 4, last two lines "...friction. Friction works...to the force of motion." "...friction. Friction acts in the direction opposite to the motion of an object." 27-Mar-2001
98 par. 2, lines 27 "...a pressure difference. The air that moves...at the same time. As a result,..." "...a pressure difference. The air that moves above the wing over the upper curved surface travels faster than the air below the wing. As a result,..." 19-Mar-2001
112 par. 3, lines 67 "...lid on the paint can is the resistance, or opposing, force..." "...lid on the paint can exerts the resistance, or opposing, force..." 17-Mar-2001
211 col. 2, par. 1, lines 36 "...the temperature where molecules in a substance are so cold they don't move. They have no kinetic energy. This temperature..." "...the temperature at which the atoms in a substance are so cold they are barely moving. They have almost no kinetic energy. This temperature..." 17-Mar-2001
213 Figure 9.4 caption "Which methods of heat transfer contribute to heating the inside doorknob?" "Which method of heat transfer causes the heating of the inside doorknob?" 17-Mar-2001
215 col. 1, par. 1, lines 34 "...give off radiation. Radiation is the transfer of energy by infrared waves. When infrared..." "...give off radiation. This kind of radiation is the transfer of energy by infrared waves. When infrared..." 19-Mar-2001
215 col. 2, par. 1, lines 56 "...nuclear radiation. All rays from the sun..." "...nuclear radiation. Rays from the sun..." 19-Mar-2001
227 Check Your Vocabulary, #7 "At_____, the molecules of a substance have no kinetic energy." "At_____, the atoms of a substance have almost no kinetic energy." 17-Mar-2001
267 par. 2, lines 46 "...of the circuit. To keep electric current moving, the electron source must also provide a difference in the charges present at each end of the wire. One end of the wire must be negatively charged. The other end must be positively charged. The difference in the charges..." "...of the circuit. To keep electric current moving, the electron source must also produce a potential energy difference in the charges present at each end of the wire. One end of the wire must be negatively charged. The other end must be positively charged. The potential energy difference in the charges..." 22-Mar-2001
271 col. 1, par. 1, lines 68 "...light energy. The force opposing the flow of electrons through the filament is called resistance." "...light energy. The filament's property that opposes the flow of electrons through it is called resistance." 22-Mar-2001
271 col. 1, par. 3, lines 45 "...Resistance force can be measured..." "...Resistance can be measured..." 22-Mar-2001
283 Concept Summary, 11.3 Electric Current, third bullet "Resistance is the force opposing the flow of electrons." "Resistance is the property of a material that opposes the flow of electrons through it." 22-Mar-2001
565 par. 2, lines 45 "...and even create elements that never existed before. What..." "...and even create elements that don't exist naturally. What..." 22-Mar-2001
648 Glossary, col. 1, absolute zero, lines 12 "The temperature at which molecules do not move; the lowest..." "The temperature at which the atoms of a substance have almost no kinetic energy; the lowest..." 17-Mar-2001
654 col. 1, resistance "The force opposing the flow of..." "The property of a material that opposes the flow..." 22-Mar-2001


Teacher's Edition
0-201-67327-4

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
290 Teach notes All references to "magnetic north pole" and "magnetic south poles". Change all references for "magnetic north pole" and "magnetic south pole" to "magnetic North Pole" and "magnetic South Pole". 29-Mar-2001
306 Check Your Knowledge ans., #11 "north magnetic pole" "magnetic North Pole" 29-Mar-2001
430 Check Your Understanding ans., #8, lines 15 "...violet; white light refracts...and are separated. You could form a rainbow by spraying water..." "...violet; by spraying water..." 18-Mar-2001

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
79 Check and Explain ans., #1 "Gravitational, electric, magnetic, nuclear" "Gravitational, electromagnetic, strong nuclear, weak nuclear" 18-Mar-2001
130 Critical Thinking, lines 57 "...4-D space? (The stationary objects...in the fourth dimension.)" "...4-D space? (Student answers will vary, but guide students to compare the movement of people or things in a moving vehicle with a point of reference outside the moving vehicle. You may need to help students understand the difference between two and three dimensions by using models of plane or solid objects moving on a plane or through space. Encourage students to talk about the story's implication that time is a 'fourth dimension'. Lead students to compare the three dimensions in their 'real' world with the author's suggestion that time is another dimension of their 'real' world, too.)" 20-Mar-2001
211 STS Connection, line 4 "...near absolute zero. Some..." "...near absolute zero. (Absolute zero cannot be reached in the laboratory.) Some..." 17-Mar-2001
213 Answers to In-Text Questions, #2 "Conduction and radiation" "Conduction" 17-Mar-2001
417 Answers to In-Text Question, #1 "Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet" "Student answers will vary, but should include red and/or orange, yellow, green, and blue, indigo, and/or violet." 18-Mar-2001


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