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WorksheetsClay Vocabulary
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The art of making objects with clay and firing them in a kiln.
a)
pottery
b)
ceramics
c)
mudwork
2.
Heating pottery or sculpture in a kiln or open fire at high temperatures which fuses the clay particles and hardens it.
a)
Kilning
b)
Glazing
c)
Baking
d)
Firing
3.
Clay that has been fired once, unglazed.
a)
Sculpture
b)
Greenware
c)
Bisque
d)
Leather-hard
4.
A furnace or oven built of heat resistant materials for firing pottery.
a)
Microwave
b)
Kennel
c)
Kiln
d)
Forge
5.
The process of firing at a low temperature to produce bisque ware.
a)
Glaze Firing
b)
Bisque Firing
c)
Pre-heating
6.
A glassy coating that has been melted onto a clay surface by the use of heat.
a)
Glaze
b)
Slip
c)
Grog
d)
Ceramic
7.
Clay with a lot of water added to it that is used as a sort of glue to hold clay pieces together
a)
Grog
b)
Glaze
c)
Slime
d)
Slip
8.
The firing during which glaze materials melt and form a glassy coating on the clay’s surface.
a)
Slip firing
b)
Grog firing
c)
Glaze firing
d)
Bisque firing
9.
When long ropes of clay of equal thickness are used to build a ceramic object.
a)
Coil method
b)
Slab construction
c)
Greenware
d)
Leather-hard
10.
Hand-building technique which involves forming slabs of clay and connecting them with scoring and slip to form a vessel.
a)
Coil Method
b)
Slab Construction
c)
Greenware
d)
Leather-hard
11.
Clay that is stiff, but is still damp.
a)
Leather-hard
b)
Greenware
c)
Bisque
d)
Grog
12.
Clay that has dried and is ready to be fired in a kiln.
a)
Leather-hard
b)
Greenware
c)
Bisque
d)
Grog
13.
Method of kneading a mass of clay to get rid of air and lumps.
a)
Scoring
b)
Slipping
c)
Wedging
d)
Glazing
14.
Any coloring material used under a glaze. The color can be provided by commercially prepared glaze.
a)
Paint
b)
Grog
c)
Slip
d)
Under glaze
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