The mighty mississippi

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Small vessel that floats on water (plural) (5)
  2. 5. A state in east central United States (8)
  3. 7. A midwestern state (9)
  4. 8. A port and largest city in Louisiana (10)
  5. 10. To heighten or intensify (8)
  6. 13. A midwestern state in central United States (8)
  7. 14. The motion characteristic of fluids (7)
  8. 15. Long stream of water flowing to the sea (5)

Down

  1. 1. United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (9)
  2. 3. A boat propelled by a ___ engine (plural) (10)
  3. 4. A midwestern state in north central United States (9)
  4. 6. A state in south central United States (8)
  5. 9. A state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico (9)
  6. 11. The production of crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state (7)
  7. 12. Human beings (6)
  8. 14. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills (4)