Geological timescales
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I can explain how geological time is divided, and identify the current period and epoch we live in.
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Geological timescales are measured in millions of years.
A period is a basic unit of geological time and they last for millions of years.
An epoch is a subdivision of a geological time period.
We are currently in the quaternary period in the holocene epoch.
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