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

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Word X Y Direction
ARCHEAN  1112w
CALABRIAN  156w
CARBONIFEROUS  1111nw
CENOZOIC  1213w
CRETACEOUS  1717n
EON  99ne
EPOCH  1512nw
ERA  99w
HADEAN  1615n
HOLOCENE  1514nw
JURASSIC  1520w
MESOZOIC  1011w
NEOGENE  1912n
PALEOGENE  81e
PALEOZOIC  1217w
PERIOD  81sw
PLEISTOCENE  1516w
PRECAMBRIAN  1516nw
PROTEROZOIC  1515n
TRIASSIC  1118e