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

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Word X Y Direction
ARCHEAN  1110w
CALABRIAN  175s
CARBONIFEROUS  1111sw
CENOZOIC  1516w
CRETACEOUS  175w
EON  913nw
EPOCH  1510sw
ERA  913w
HADEAN  167s
HOLOCENE  158sw
JURASSIC  920e
MESOZOIC  410s
NEOGENE  311n
PALEOGENE  318n
PALEOZOIC  318e
PERIOD  156n
PLEISTOCENE  156w
PRECAMBRIAN  156sw
PROTEROZOIC  157s
TRIASSIC  159sw