Page 13 (Activity 5) - EXPLORE: Population density varies
Pages 18-19 - Numbering error: Q13, 14, 15 (not 11, 13, 14)
Page 51 - Numbering error: Question umbers should read 1-4 (Q 2a and 2b should be 2 and 3)
Page 54 - Diagram. There should be an arrow from the atmosphere via cyanobacteria to ammonia.
Page 69 - Numbering error: Q19 should be Q15.
Page 72 - See plot previous page.
Page 74 - Table 3 bottom row should ready Energy of frass from 1 larva
Page 161 - Q11(a)(b)(c). Part (a) is filling in the diagram. This was mistakenly omitted.
Page 174 - Q9 clarification. Added to the end of the question (i.e. from the mechanisms that arise first to those that arise last):
Page 220 - Numbering error. Q2 should be Q3
Page 296 - Numbering error: 7 (a) (b) (c)
Page 303 - Q9....if the plasma membrane were to fail…
Page 324 - Q11 (no part (a))
Pages 368-369 - Numbering error: Q13-18 (not 13, 13-17)
Page 380 - Q1 should be Q14.
Page 338 is activity 75 (not 76)
Page 396 is Activity 95 (not 195)
These errata apply only to the Teacher's Edition.
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Page 13 (Activity 5) - EXPLORE: Population density varies
Page 74 - Bottom row of table should read: Energy of frass from 1 larva
Page 155 - EXPLAIN: Common ancestry
The answer for question 16 does not agree with the sequence data provided. Corrected answer below in full. Corrected section in bold. Please note, in the second edition of The Living Earth we have provided further sequence data (same gene) that more clearly shows gorillas and chimpanzees to be more closely related than either is to macaques.
From the photos we can see that the gorilla and chimpanzee both walk using the knuckles on the forelimbs. The macaque walks using the flat of the hand. We can also see the gorilla and chimpanzee are both tailless whereas the macaque is not. These two aspects of their biology indicate that chimpanzees and gorillas are more closely related to each other than to macaques. The FLNA DNA sequence data show that the macaque and chimpanzee each have one base difference from the gorilla, so with this short sequence, we cannot make any claims about relatedness of these three species. We would have to see more of the gene sequence to obtain more information.
Page 324 - Q11 (no part (a))
Page 380 - Q14 (not Q1)
Page 393 - (Fractions and ratios) - Q 2 (b) Answer should read 14/15