NASA

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Greek god of light (6)
  2. 6. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight (4)
  3. 7. The contestant you hope to defeat (10)
  4. 8. A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage (7)

Down

  1. 1. A low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body (5)
  2. 2. According to legend, an island in the ___ Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquake (8)
  3. 3. The act of ___ something (9)
  4. 4. A person of exceptional importance and reputation (5)
  5. 5. A North American river (8)