Ceramics Quiz - Art 1

Besides water and other organic matter, what is clay primarily made of?

• Sand

• Dirt

• Decomposed coral

• Decomposed rock

Clay is special for two main reasons. Plasticity means...

• the ability to become plastic when wet.

• the ability to retain shape when molded.

• the ability to retain moisture.

• the ability to deconstruct when molded.

Clay turns to ceramic when it is heated to a high temperature. It then becomes impermeable to water which is called...

• Vitreous

• Verocity

• Vessel

• Vascular

The stage of clay when it is completely air dried.

• Brittle Dry

• Bisque

• Leatherhard

• Bone Dry

The stage of clay when clay has the perfect combination of water.

• Straight from the old bag

• Straight from the new bag

• Straight from the bucket

• Straight from the garbage

The stage of clay when it is dried out half way but you can still carve and attach pieces to it.

• Bone Dry

• Leatherhard

• Bisque

• Earthenware

The stage of clay after you fire it for the first time.

• Leatherhard

• Bisque Fired

• Bone Dry

• Glaze Fired

The glass-like paint mixture used on pottery where it becomes shiny after fired.

• Glaze

• Tempera Paint

• Oil

• Acrylic Paint

How many times is clay fired to compete the ceramic process?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

The oven used to fire the clay and turn it to ceramics.

• Kile

• Kil

• Kind

• Kiln