General Science Structure of the Earth Flash Card Set 48097

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Geologic Time Scale

The Earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old and its history is divided into time periods based on the events that took place and the forms of life that were dominant during those periods. The largest graduation of time is the eon and each eon is subdivided into eras, eras into periods, periods into epochs, and epochs into ages.

periods

In the geologic time scale, eras are subdivided into __________.