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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
ARCHEAN  166s
CALABRIAN  175s
CARBONIFEROUS  1111sw
CENOZOIC  126sw
CRETACEOUS  175w
EON  913se
EPOCH  136sw
ERA  1510sw
HADEAN  1013sw
HOLOCENE  912nw
JURASSIC  95sw
MESOZOIC  106sw
NEOGENE  1212sw
PALEOGENE  1219n
PALEOZOIC  1219e
PERIOD  156n
PLEISTOCENE  156sw
PRECAMBRIAN  156w
PROTEROZOIC  157s
TRIASSIC  1810n