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

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Word X Y Direction
ARCHEAN  1116ne
CALABRIAN  517e
CARBONIFEROUS  1111ne
CENOZOIC  1016ne
CRETACEOUS  517n
EON  139s
EPOCH  916ne
ERA  712ne
HADEAN  71e
HOLOCENE  714ne
JURASSIC  420e
MESOZOIC  1216ne
NEOGENE  167nw
PALEOGENE  109n
PALEOZOIC  612n
PERIOD  612nw
PLEISTOCENE  716ne
PRECAMBRIAN  716e
PROTEROZOIC  715n
TRIASSIC  713ne