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.

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

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16# # # # R A P L E I S T O C E N E # # #
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20# # D O I R E P A L E O Z O I C # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ARCHEAN  1112e
CALABRIAN  517e
CARBONIFEROUS  1111ne
CENOZOIC  76e
CRETACEOUS  517n
EON  914e
EPOCH  712ne
ERA  139e
HADEAN  615n
HOLOCENE  714ne
JURASSIC  419e
MESOZOIC  1211e
NEOGENE  102sw
PALEOGENE  32e
PALEOZOIC  820e
PERIOD  820w
PLEISTOCENE  716e
PRECAMBRIAN  716ne
PROTEROZOIC  715n
TRIASSIC  713ne