Across
- 2. The geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported
- 3. A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
- 4. Preserved remains of once living organisms
- 5. Everything beyond Earth
- 8. An indefinite and very long period of time, often a period exaggerated for humorous or rhetorical effect.
- 9. A calcareous mound built up of layers of lime-secreting cyanobacteria and trapped sediment, found in Precambrian rocks as the earliest known fossils, and still being formed in lagoons in Australasia.
- 11. Big reptiles
- 15. The study of the physical and natural world through observations and experiments
- 16. The process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere.
Down
- 1. A geologic period and system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago
- 6. The shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
- 7. The basic unit of the geologic time scale
- 10. A long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic.
- 12. A period of colder global temperatures and recurring glacial expansion capable of lasting hundreds of millions of years
- 13. Carbon remains of many organisms
- 14. The planet we live on
