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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
ARCHEAN  1110ne
CALABRIAN  55s
CARBONIFEROUS  1111se
CENOZOIC  716e
CRETACEOUS  55e
EON  710se
EPOCH  1313ne
ERA  1313e
HADEAN  147w
HOLOCENE  78se
JURASSIC  318n
MESOZOIC  1211e
NEOGENE  24e
PALEOGENE  211n
PALEOZOIC  612s
PERIOD  211s
PLEISTOCENE  76e
PRECAMBRIAN  76se
PROTEROZOIC  77s
TRIASSIC  79se