WorksheetsCeramics/Pottery Six Weeks Exam
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A surface coating fired on the ceramic object for decoration and to make the object waterproof.
a)
warping
b)
firing
c)
glaze
d)
grog
2.
A three-sided pyramid of clay and glaze made to bend and melt at a certain temperature; used to determine the end of the firing in non-programmable kilns.
a)
coiling
b)
natural clay
c)
wedge
d)
cone
3.
An apparatus used to force clay out through a die into a desired form.
a)
extruder
b)
slip
c)
bisque fire
d)
foot
4.
Colored decoration applied before the glaze.
a)
porosity
b)
underglaze
c)
vitrify
d)
casting
5.
Crushed bisque added to clay to make it stronger and help it dry more thoroughly.
a)
wedge
b)
glaze
c)
grog
d)
weld
6.
Cutting designs into the surface of the greenware.
a)
vitrify
b)
warping
c)
incising
d)
pinching
7.
Decomposed granite-type rock; is a natural resource; formed by processes that took millions of years to create.
a)
natural clay
b)
air bubbles
c)
moist greenware
d)
shrinkage
8.
Distortion during shaping, drying, or firing.
a)
molding
b)
casting
c)
pinching
d)
warping
9.
Formed clay object that has been fired one time; is not glazed.
a)
moist greenware
b)
bisque ware
c)
leatherhard greenware
d)
foot
10.
Liquid clay or glaze used for pouring molds, decorating, or attaching parts.
a)
fire
b)
natural clay
c)
slip
d)
porosity
11.
Occurs in each stage (greenware, bisque, and glaze).
a)
vitrify
b)
shrinkage
c)
greenware
d)
slab
12.
Pinching a lump of clay into the desired form or building a form with small pieces pinched into various shapes.
a)
warping
b)
incising
c)
potter's wheel
d)
pinching
13.
Placing slabs over or inside premade molds.
a)
molding
b)
pinching
c)
casting
d)
incising
14.
Pockets of air trapped in the clay; may cause clay piece to explode as air inside expands.
a)
air bubbles
b)
moist greenware
c)
foot
d)
firing temperature
15.
Pouring clay slip into plaster molds.
a)
pinching
b)
molding
c)
casting
d)
incising
16.
Property of clay that allows it to be workable and bendable.
a)
porosity
b)
wedge
c)
glaze
d)
plasticity
17.
Property of clay that allows moisture to escape from greenware; the piece dries without cracking.
a)
porosity
b)
plasticity
c)
warping
d)
glaze
18.
Stage of greenware ready to fire; contains absolutely no moisture.
a)
moist greenware
b)
bone dry greenware
c)
bisque fire
d)
wet plastic clay
19.
Stage of greenware that is formed; is drying, but still damp; form cannot be changed without breaking; decorations may be incised, but not added on.
a)
leatherhard greenware
b)
bisque fire
c)
kiln
d)
slab
20.
Stage of greenware that is formed; it is still plastic; its form can still be changed.
a)
bone dry greenware
b)
moist greenware
c)
bisque fire
d)
firing temperature
21.
Stage of natural clay that is plastic (very bendable and pliable); does not have form; ready to use for creating.
a)
wedge
b)
bone dry greenware
c)
bisque fire
d)
wet plastic clay
22.
Stage of natural clay that is unfired clay that has been made into a form; has three phases.
a)
greenware
b)
warping
c)
bisque fire
d)
firing temperature
23.
The base of a ceramic object.
a)
vitrify
b)
molding
c)
foot
d)
cone
24.
A furnace for firing ceramics, enamels, and fusing glass.
a)
kiln
b)
cone
c)
pinching
d)
plasticity
25.
The first firing that changes greenware into bisque ware.
a)
bisque fire
b)
moist greenware
c)
vitrify
d)
glaze
26.
The point at which clay or glaze matures or vitrifies.
a)
molding
b)
extruder
c)
firing temperature
d)
pinching
27.
To fire to the temperature where clay or glaze matures.
a)
vitrify
b)
porosity
c)
air bubbles
d)
slab
28.
To heat a clay object in a kiln to a certain temperature.
a)
extruder
b)
casting
c)
warping
d)
fire
29.
To join pieces of clay together.
a)
weld
b)
wedge
c)
natural clay
d)
underglaze
30.
To slice, pound, and knead clay.
a)
wedge
b)
coiling
c)
potter's wheel
d)
cone
31.
Using clay ropes to form a clay object.
a)
coiling
b)
slip
c)
cone
d)
pinching
32.
Using pressed or rolled flat sections of clay to build a clay object.
a)
cone
b)
slab
c)
foot
d)
casting
33.
Wire heating coils inside the kiln.
a)
slip
b)
kiln elements
c)
extruder
d)
wedge
34.
A spinning piece of equipment that is used for the creation of various ceramic vessels.
a)
kiln
b)
potter's wheel
c)
kiln elements
d)
fire
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