WorksheetsCeramic Vocab JH/HS
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A bowl of clay made by pinching a sphere of clay; hand building technique
a)
Coil pot
b)
Thrown pot
c)
Pinch pot
d)
slab pot
2.
The "clay oven". Gets super hot to turn clay into ceramics.
a)
Oven
b)
Fire pit
c)
Baking pot
d)
Kiln
3.
Liquid clay that works as glue; the first stage of clay.
a)
Slab
b)
Slop
c)
Goop
d)
Slip
4.
Scratching the surface of the clay; crucial for clay attachments.
a)
Scratch
b)
Score
c)
Scrap
d)
Cut
5.
Refers to fired clay.
a)
Ceramics
b)
Pottery
c)
Sculptures
6.
Ceramic container; functional - bowl, mug, etc.
a)
Ceramics
b)
Dining ware
c)
Pottery
d)
Sculptural
7.
Painted on a fired piece to give it color and a glassy look.
a)
Acrylic Paint
b)
Watercolor
c)
Wax
d)
Glaze
8.
A type of sculpture that is meant to be used.
a)
Sculptural
b)
Functional
9.
Ceramics that are created just for decoration, they are not meant to be used.
a)
Sculptural
b)
Functional
10.
Kneading clay to force out air bubbles.
a)
Folding
b)
Smushing
c)
Wedging
d)
Rolling
11.
A stage of raw clay when most of the moisture is gone, but still able to be joined or carved; can go back to the plastic stage.
a)
Greenware
b)
Bisqueware
c)
Leather hard
d)
Slab
12.
Stage of wet clay that is easily molded and modeled.
a)
Plastic
b)
Slip
c)
Leather hard
d)
Greenware
13.
Stage when clay has completely lost it's moisture - ready to be fired. Takes about a week to get to this stage.
a)
Bisqueware
b)
Leather hard
c)
Glazeware
d)
Bone Dry
14.
Unfired clay
a)
Bisqueware
b)
Greenware
c)
Glazeware
d)
Pottery
15.
Fired, permanent clay.
a)
Bisqueware
b)
Greenware
c)
Glazeware
d)
Bone dry
16.
To form a shape such as a mug, vase, bowl on a banding wheel or pottery wheel.
a)
Throwing
b)
Pinching
c)
Slab
d)
Spinning
17.
Long, thin rope of clay made by rolling with your hands; hand building technique.
a)
Slab
b)
Coil
c)
Slip
d)
Rope
18.
A flat piece of clay typically made with a rolling pin.
a)
Slab
b)
Sheet
c)
Brick
d)
Tile
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