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Tool/Clay Properties Review Test

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What tool is best used for cutting, scoring and drawing on clay?

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

What is the name of this tool?

a)

scour pad

b)

modeling tool

c)

rubber rib

d)

hand roller

3.

Which is best used for sculpting clay?

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

What is the name of this tool?

a)

potter's wheel

b)

electric wheel

c)

banding wheel

d)

hand wheel

5.

What is best used for measuring space?

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

What is the name of this tool?

a)

paint brush

b)

glaze brush

c)

dry brush

d)

hair brush

7.

Which is best used for applying glaze?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

Which is best used to keep clay moist?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

Which tool is best used for trimming and carving?

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

This is best used for what?

a)

rolling large slabs

b)

smoothing clay

c)

rolling for detail work

d)

cleaning up rough areas

11.

Select which ones are ceramic materials?

a)

clay

b)

glass

c)

plaster

d)

cement

12.

What term means resistant to heat or melting?

a)

vetrify

b)

refractory

c)

modify

d)

secondary

13.

Which are properties of clay?

a)

primary

b)

plasticity

c)

secondary

d)

porosity

e)

vitrification

14.

Which are high fire clays

a)

earthenware

b)

stoneware

c)

porcelain

15.

What is earthenware's primary color?

a)

white

b)

gray

c)

red

d)

beige

16.

What is the water in Al2O3 2SiO2 2H2O?

a)

physical water

b)

chemical water

c)

distilled water

d)

mineral water

17.

What are the major categories of clay?

a)

plasticity

b)

secondary

c)

porosity

d)

primary

e)

vitrification

18.

Which is a valuable primary clay?

a)

bentonite

b)

fire clay

c)

kaolin

d)

terracotta

19.

Most clay is used where?

a)

schools

b)

artists

c)

industry

d)

none of these

20.

Geological weathering describes what of clay?

a)

properties

b)

categories

c)

forming

d)

materials

21.

Wedging does what to clay?

a)

removes air

b)

makes it workable

c)

creates projects

d)

cleans it

22.

This is an example of what group of clay?

a)

earthenware

b)

stoneware

c)

porcelain

23.

This is an example of what group of clay?

a)

earthenware

b)

stoneware

c)

porcelain

24.

This is an example of what group of clay?

a)

earthenware

b)

stoneware

c)

porcelain

25.

What is an adjusted clay mixture called?

a)

clay body

b)

modified clay

c)

fired clay

d)

raw clay

26.

What percent of the earth's surface is clay or will be clay?

a)

65

b)

75

c)

85

d)

95

27.

Which of the following are secondary clays?

a)

terra cotta

b)

fire clay

c)

stoneware

d)

adobe

28.

Ceramic engineers create what?

a)

specialized ceramic materials

b)

ceramic bridges

c)

ceramic building construction

d)

ceramic kilns

29.

What group of clay is used in this class?

a)

earthenware

b)

stoneware

c)

porcelain

d)

fire clay

30.

Once a tool is used what should be done?

a)

clean the tool

b)

dry the tool

c)

put the tool in the correct place

d)

leave the tool dirty