Across
- 3. Mesozoic marine reptiles with small heads, long necks, and flippers
- 4. the most recent epoch that began 10,000 years ago
- 8. the first epoch of the Quaternary period
- 10. dominant Mesozoic land vertebrates that walked with legs positioned directly below their hips
- 12. large mammals of the Cenezoic era
- 13. an ancient landmass which seperated into present-day continents
- 14. a large division of geologic time that is smaller than an eon
- 15. is a body of water fromed when ocean water floods continents
- 16. Mesozoic flying reptiles with large, batlike wings
- 17. a division of geologic time smaller than a period
- 20. is the seperation of a population of organisms from the rest of its species due to some physical barrier, such as a mountain range or an ocean
- 21. a time when a large population of Earth's surface is covered by glaciers
Down
- 1. are grooves made by rocks carried in glaciers
- 2. the middle era of the Phanerozoic eon
- 5. is the youngest era of the Phanerozoic eon
- 6. the oldest era of the Phanerozoic eon
- 7. a unit of geologic time smaller than an era
- 9. an oxygen-poor environment where, over time, plant material changes into coal
- 11. the extinction of many species on Earth within a short period of time
- 18. the longest units of geologic time
- 19. connects two continents that were previously seperated
