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Ceramics

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is ceramics?

a)

Objects made from slip

b)

Objects made from clay

c)

Objects made from glass

d)

Objects made from plaster

2.

Where does natural clay come from?

a)

Crayola

b)

the sky

c)

the earth/ground

d)

from trees

3.

Who were the first people who made ceramic pots?

a)

Ancient Chinese

b)

Cavemen

c)

Jomon People of Japan

d)

Singaporeans

4.

When were Ceramics first invented?

a)

about 10 years ago

b)

about 100 years ago

c)

about 1000 years ago

d)

about 10 000 years ago

5.
The procedure of forming and shaping clay by squeezing the clay between your thumb and finger.
a)
pinch
b)
coil
c)
slab
d)
roll
6.

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

a)

scoring

b)

coiling

c)

slipping

d)

wedging

7.

What is this handbuilding technique called?

a)

Coil

b)

Slab

c)

Pinch

d)

Thrown on the pottery wheel

8.

Coil, slab, and ______ are basic hand building methods.

a)

construction

b)

pinch

c)

form

d)

slip

9.

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

10.

If you don't want your clay to fall apart, you should...?

a)

Hope and wish they stick together

b)

Score and slip the two pieces together

c)

Join the two pieces using water

d)

Press the two pieces together very tightly

11.

Where do we fire our ceramic work?

a)

An oven

b)

A kiln

c)

A microwave

d)

A fireplace

12.

What is texture?

a)

Colorful things

b)

How things feel

13.

Describe the surface of wall?

a)

Smooth

b)

Shiny

c)

Rough

d)

Wet

14.

Which item is smooth?

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

Texture of an actual object that you touch is called

a)

actual

b)

imaginary

c)

implied

d)

fake

16.

The artist made this apple have what texture?

a)

Smooth

b)

Hard

c)

Hairy

17.

Describe what texture you think the artist is trying to imply in this portrait?

a)

Rough

b)

Scratchy

c)

Wet

d)

Dry

18.

What do you call a texture, that is depicted in an image?

a)

actual

b)

imaginary

c)

implied

d)

fake