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Geological time scale word search featuring eons, eras, and periods like Mesozoic and Jurassic.
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This 24-word geological time scale word search covers major eons, eras, and periods for students in Grades 7–9. Hidden words span the Hadean through Quaternary, with terms like Cambrian Explosion, Mesozoic, Jurassic, and Permian Extinction, plus major life forms (amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and placental mammals). Use it as a review activity during an Earth science or paleontology unit, as a sub-plan handout, or as a template for building similar deep-time puzzles.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Geology
Grade Level:
7th – 9th Grades
Updated January 2022

Word List

  • AMPHIBIANS
  • ANGIOSPERM
  • ARCHAEN
  • CAMBRIANEXPLOSION
  • CENOZOIC
  • CENOZOIC
  • CRETACEOUS
  • GYNMOSPERMS
  • HADEAN
  • JURASSIC
  • MAMMALS
  • MARSUPIALS
  • MESOZOIC
  • MESOZOIC
  • MONOTREMES
  • NEOGENE
  • PALEOZOIC
  • PERMIANWIPING
  • PHANEROZOIC
  • PLACENTALMAMMALS
  • PROTEROZOIC
  • QUATERNARY
  • REPTILES
  • TRIASSIC

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