Clay HS Ceramics 1 basic quiz

Which one of these is not a clay body

• Leatherhard

• Stoneware

• Earthenware

• Porcelain

Clay before it is fired but a finished form is known as .........

• Bisque

• Earthenware

• Greenware

• Stoneware

To what pyrometric cone temperature do we bisque fire?

• ^6

• ^5

• ^06

• ^04

What name for the clay and water mixture used to attach handles to a form?

• Superglue

• Slip

• Magic Water

• Stoneware

What earth metal oxide do we use to paint our name/initials on the foot of a finished clay form?

• Wollastonite

• Silica

• Copper Carbonate

• Red Iron Oxide

When making a cylinder on the potters wheel we first ______the clay ball so it does not wobble while spinning.

• Trim

• Pull

• Cut

• Center

Of the three main glaze components, which is the one that forms glass?

• Silica

• Alumina

• Flux

• Pigment

Of the three main glaze components, which is the one that helps the glaze melt?

• Silica

• Alumina

• Flux

• Pigment

Of the three main glaze components, which is the one that helps the glaze stay adhered to the pottery while it melts?

• Silica

• Alumina

• Flux

• Pigment

When two glaze ingredients are added together, they usually lower the melting point of the combined ingredients. This is called

• Eutectic

• Crash Cooling

• Temperature Ramp

• Kiln Fire Holding