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Firing and Kilns/Glaze Properties Review Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which fuels are used to heat or fire kilns?

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.
What has burned off at 950 degrees?
a)
clay
b)
chemical water
c)
sand
d)
water
3.
A kiln accumulates heat and transfer heat.
a)
True
b)
False
4.

What occurs at 212 degrees and what is it called?

a)

The firing is completed and it is called a bisque fire

b)

Chemical water has burned off and it is called dehydration

c)

The physical water has turned to steam and it is called water smoking

d)

The glaze has melted and it is called vitrification

5.
Unfired clay is called
a)
clay
b)
glaze
c)
greenware
d)
prepared clay
6.

Which are the categories of kilns?

a)

atmospheric

b)

gas

c)

electric

d)

wood

7.
The five stages of the firing cycle are 
a)
water smoking, dehydration, glazing, oxidation, vitrification
b)
chemical water, mullite, oxidation, quartz inversion, vitrification
c)
dehydration, bone dry, oxidation, mullite, quartz inversion
d)
water smoking, dehydration, quartz inversion, oxidation and vitrification
8.

This is an example of what type of kiln?

a)

atmospheric

b)

electric

c)

gas

d)

wood

9.

This is an example of what type of kiln?

a)

atmospheric

b)

electric

c)

downdraft

d)

updraft

10.
Clay that is partly dried, damp, firm and not plastic is 
a)
bone dry
b)
fired
c)
greenware
d)
leather hard
11.
A damper adjusts the air intake in a kiln
a)
true
b)
false
12.
A kiln that is loaded, fired, and unloaded
a)
atmospheric
b)
continuous
c)
electric
d)
periodic
13.

What is a second firing called?

a)

bisque firing

b)

first firing

c)

glaze firing

d)

over glaze firing

14.

Drying is accompanied by what?

a)

building

b)

cracking

c)

dampening

d)

shrinkage

15.

After dehydration, aluminum silicate now is called what?

a)

fired clay

b)

glazed clay

c)

mullite

d)

vitrification

16.

What is ware that is completely dry called?

a)

bone dry

b)

fired

c)

leather hard

d)

plastic

17.

What is a chimney in a kiln is called?

a)

damper

b)

door

c)

flue

d)

lid

18.

How will thick and thin sections of clay shrink?

a)

equally

b)

differently

19.

Shelves and posts are called kiln furniture

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Pyrometric cones is clay that reacts like what?

a)

clay

b)

firing

c)

kilns

d)

glazes

21.
What aids or cause melting?
a)
flux
b)
glaze
c)
refractory
d)
silica
22.
Who were the first to use glaze?
a)
Chinese
b)
Egyptians
c)
Greeks
d)
Italians
23.

What are the basic ingredients in glaze?

a)

refractory

b)

flux

c)

silica

d)

salt

24.
What makes breathing difficult and is messy to the kiln? 
a)
raku glazing
b)
salt glazing
c)
slip glazing
d)
wood ash glazing
25.
What percent of the earth's crust is silica?
a)
20%
b)
40%
c)
60%
d)
80%
26.

What are the ways glaze is different from glass?

a)

function

b)

flux

c)

form

d)

firing

27.
Hue is what?
a)
brilliance
b)
chroma
c)
color
d)
intensity
28.
Dry foot is glazing the bottom of the piece.
a)
True
b)
False
29.

Glazes are colored by what?

a)

carbonates

b)

engobes

c)

metallic oxides

d)

salt

30.
There should be this many coats of evenly applied glaze.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
31.

Which are groups of glaze?

a)

matte

b)

glossy

c)

salt

d)

slip

32.

Which methods are used to apply glaze?

a)

brushing

b)

pouring

c)

dipping

d)

spraying

33.
The thickness of applied glaze is between what?
a)
1/8" and 1/4"
b)
1/16" and 1/8"
c)
1/32" and 1/16"
d)
1/64" and 1/32"
34.
A refractory controls what?
a)
color
b)
cooling
c)
melting
d)
temperature
35.

What are the methods used in class to apply glaze ?

a)

brushing

b)

dipping

c)

pouring

d)

spraying

36.
Low fire glazes are less complex than high fire glazes.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
Most defects in glazing is because of what?
a)
the application
b)
the firing
c)
the manufacturing
38.
Before glazing, the piece should be what?
a)
clean
b)
dirty
c)
watered
d)
stained
39.
Glaze applied too thinly cause what?
a)
blisters
b)
cracking
c)
dry texture
d)
peeling
40.
Lead glaze is food safe.
a)
True 
b)
False

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