Mnemonic Device: Cows Often Sit Down Carefully. Perhaps, Their Joints Creak? Persistent, Early Oiling Might Prevent Painful Rheumatism. Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Paleocene, Eocene,
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Mnemonic devices for Geology
Mnemonics for geological time periods and more...
Order of geological time periods
True Geologists Climb Faults And Observe Quarries To Contemplate Deformation
Mnemonic Device: True Geologists Climb Faults And Observe Quarries To Contemplate Deformation Variation: Tall Gene Calls Florence At Our Quarters To Correct Dumbness Ten Gypsies Calculated F.A.O. Quartz as
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Olivia’s Parrots Actually Bite, So Pull Finger – Move Quick!
Mnemonic Device: Olivia’s Parrots Actually Bite, So Pull Finger – Move Quick! Explanation: The Olivia-sentence can be used to remember either the order of crystallization of igneous minerals or the
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Boys Can’t Pass Social Studies Class
Mnemonic Device: Boys Can’t Pass Social Studies Class Explanation: to remember the order of sizes of rock matter Boulder, Cobble, Pebble, Sand, Silt, Clay
Older Deer Play Together Cautiously
Mnemonic Device: Older Deer Play Together Cautiously Explanation: Represents biological time superimposed over geologic time to mark major extinction events. Specifically, at the end of the Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, Triassic
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Pigeon Egg Omelets Make People Puke
Mnemonic Device: Pigeon Egg Omelets Make People Puke Explanation: to remember the timeline of the Cenozoic Era Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene
Can Oscar See Down My Pants Pocket?
Mnemonic Device: Can Oscar See Down My Pants Pocket? Explanation: to remember the international Paleozoic timeline Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, Permian
“Could Oil Stop Driving Cars?” Plus, “Tires Jam Cars Through Quakes.”
Mnemonic Device: “Could Oil Stop Driving Cars?” Plus, “Tires Jam Cars Through Quakes.” Explanation: to remember these geological time periods Paleozoic Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian Mesozoic Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous K-T extinction Cretaceous-Tertiary Current
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STALAGMITE vs. STALACTITE
Definitions: a STALAGMITE is a deposit of calcium carbonate formed by the dripping of water onto the cave’s floor, into the shape of a large inverted icicle, rising from
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Pretty Polly Makes Cookies
Pretty Polly Makes Cookies It is the order of the oldest geologic era to the most recent. It starts of with Precambiran, Palezoic, Mesozoic, Cenzoic