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ceramics vocabulary

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The properties of clay that allow it to to be easily shaped and manipulated

a)

slippery

b)

plasticity

c)

earthenware

d)

greenware

2.
The procedure of forming and shaping clay by squeezing the clay between your thumb and finger.
a)
pinch
b)
coil
c)
slab
d)
roll
3.

A technique that uses long ropes of clay to make pottery:

a)

scoring

b)

coiling

c)

slipping

d)

wedging

4.

The roughening of the surface of wet clay in order to attach another piece of wet clay

a)

coiling

b)

slipping

c)

slab

d)

scoring

5.

A fluid mixture of clay and water

a)

slide

b)

slurp

c)

score

d)

slip

6.

A stage in the drying process of clay when the clay is pliable but strong enough to handle

a)

greenware

b)

leather hard

c)

bisqueware

d)

ceramic

7.

Unfired pottery

a)

bisqueware

b)

greenware

c)

bone dry

d)

ceramic

8.

The process which changes clay into ceramic

a)

scoring

b)

greenware

c)

firing

d)

kiln

9.

An insulated box which is heated to fire pottery and clay sculpture

a)

scrapers

b)

firing

c)

kiln

d)

easybake oven

10.

A term applied to the first firing before glazing

a)

bone dry

b)

bisque

c)

banana pancakes

d)

plastic

11.

A ceramic paint typically composed of opaque or transparent colors which becomes vitreous when fired.

a)

slip

b)

acrylics

c)

glaze

d)

tempera

12.

Rolling out clay into rope like pieces

a)

snake

b)

macrame

c)

coil

d)

skinny

13.

A decorative technique where the surface of the clay is scratched or drawn into

a)

scrumble

b)

scramming

c)

sincognito

d)

sgraffito

14.

Clay that has been changed from a lump into a flat piece

a)

slab

b)

slub

c)

slip

d)

slap

15.

A stage in the drying process of clay when all the water has completely evaporated

a)

baked dry

b)

desert dry

c)

bone dry

d)

bye bye dry

16.

Made mostly of colored pigment and binders to keep it suspended as a liquid and can be applied to greenware

a)

underblaze

b)

colored slip

c)

underdog

d)

underglaze

17.

method of kneading clay to get rid of air pockets in clay

a)

wedging

b)

walloping

c)

squishing

d)

washing