1 Simple molecules [molecule: A molecule is a collection of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds. 2  It is the smallest part of a substance that displays the properties of the substance.
Eon has a number of meanings. In Astronomy, an eon refers to 1 billion (109) years. But it also refers to a very long, unspecified period of time, or specific geologic stages of the Earth.
2017-08-17T14:17:35-04:00. An eon is a geologically around tens of millions of years. A period is a million year included in an eon which is also made up of several eras. Therefore my answer is a period due to it being a subset of an era which is a subset of an eon. This question is archived.