Apply the mnemonic Cuddly Old Sheep Dogs Make Perfect Pets; They Just Crowd People Nearby Quietly to place in order some of the
periods of the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic Eras. Put the oldest period at the bottom and the most recent period at the top. Instructions:
Devonian
Jurassic
Triassic
Cambrian
Cretaceous
The order of these periods is the Cretaceous period, Jurassic period, Triassic period, Devonian period, and Cambrian period.
The phrase "Cuddly Old Sheep Dogs Make Perfect Pets; They Just Crowd People Nearby Quietly" is one technique used to organize geologicalperiods. In this phrase, the first letter of each word represents a period.
For example:
Old starts with "o" and represents the Ordovician period
Quietly starts with "q" and represents the Quaternary period
Make starts with "m" and represents the Mississippian period
In this context, the order of the given periods from the most recent to the oldest one is:
