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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
ARCHEAN  116se
CALABRIAN  55s
CARBONIFEROUS  1111se
CENOZOIC  716e
CRETACEOUS  55e
EON  1313n
EPOCH  710se
ERA  96se
HADEAN  67s
HOLOCENE  78se
JURASSIC  1612nw
MESOZOIC  126se
NEOGENE  411s
PALEOGENE  44s
PALEOZOIC  44e
PERIOD  52e
PLEISTOCENE  76se
PRECAMBRIAN  76e
PROTEROZOIC  77s
TRIASSIC  79se