Geologic time scale Flashcards
Learn all Eons, Eras, Periods and Epochs.
The first Eon.
Hadean
The second Eon.
Archean
The third Eon.
Proterozoic
The current Eon.
Phanerozoic
How many Eons are there?
4
What is our current Eon?
Phanerozoic
The fourth Eon.
Phanerozoic
All Eons.
Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic, and Phanerozoic.
The ___ Era occurred during the Hadean, Archean, and Proterozoic.
Precambrian
The ___ Period began the Paleozoic Era
Cambrian
“Age of Invertebrates”
Cambrian Period and Ordovician Period
“Age of Fishes”
Silurian Period and Devonian Period
The Periods of the Paleozoic Era: ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___.
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian.
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian.
The Periods of the Paleozoic Era
The Mesozoic Periods:
Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous.
“Age of Amphibians”
Carboniferous Period and the Permian Period.
The Cenozoic Era:
Paleogene, Neogene, Quaternary.
Paleogene, Neogene, Quaternary:
The Periods of the Cenozoic Era.
“Age of the Reptiles”
The Mesozoic Era or the Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous Periods.
