Geologic Time Scale

ARCHEAN
CALABRIAN
CARBONIFEROUS
CENOZOIC
CRETACEOUS
EON
EPOCH
ERA
HADEAN
HOLOCENE
JURASSIC
MESOZOIC
NEOGENE
PALEOGENE
PALEOZOIC
PERIOD
PLEISTOCENE
PRECAMBRIAN
PROTEROZOIC
TRIASSIC

This geological word search deals with the names of different eons, eras, periods, epochs and ages from 4.6 billion years ago (bya) to the present.

Try to find all 20 words on this board.

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V F Y O F V E K I G B R H R V L R T X Y
Z D L H D X Y M C Z C Z D P C S K R N Y
E P A N S S X G F I Z I A B Y J C B S I
C L P M S E W Q M N O T S Q M N S V N S
N I Z K I U N W X Z A Z M S Q A T D O M
R Q Y J R E O E O D N E O R A I G Q A V
P L H R O C T R C O Y A H S N R S J Q S
D P S G B I I E E O M T T C E B U A Q Q
G P E B H O V S N F T K A Q R M O J L S
C N P F B Z F H S E I S Z A Q A E S W T
E I Q J F O H W C A C N I N R C C L J N
J T O U H N I M P O I O O E T E A K V T
P V E Z C E F Y R U P R L B L R T L M N
K N Z V O C I O Z O R E T O R P E R T N
K M G L U E A T K N A E D A H A R D N P
W I V H R W L X N A I R B A L A C N X M
L X M Z L R I A E H N P U F S C W O C Y
E N E G O E L A P E R I O D T V Y W N U
O D Z I T H S R V Y L L X M U S H G X Q
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Answer Key for Geologic Time Scale

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Word X Y Direction
ARCHEAN  1611nw
CALABRIAN  1717w
CARBONIFEROUS  1111nw
CENOZOIC  615n
CRETACEOUS  1717n
EON  99ne
EPOCH  1215nw
ERA  1613nw
HADEAN  1516w
HOLOCENE  1415nw
JURASSIC  179nw
MESOZOIC  1610nw
NEOGENE  76sw
PALEOGENE  919w
PALEOZOIC  919nw
PERIOD  919e
PLEISTOCENE  1615nw
PRECAMBRIAN  1615n
PROTEROZOIC  1515w
TRIASSIC  1315nw