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WorksheetsCeramics
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
You can attach wet clay to dry clay.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
This stage of clay is workable; we can shape and model it.
a)
plastic
b)
slip
c)
bone dry
d)
leather hard
3.
Where do we fire our ceramic work?
a)
An oven
b)
A kiln
c)
A microwave
d)
A fireplace
4.
A method of joining together two pieces of clay with slip
a)
Scoring
b)
Wedging
c)
Gluing
d)
Spackling
5.
A decomposed granite-type rock
a)
glaze
b)
mud
c)
clay
d)
slab
6.
A special oven for firing pottery to maturity
a)
Kiln
b)
Wheel
c)
Drying cabinet
d)
Slab box
7.
A mixture of powdered materials that often includes premelted glass made into a slip and applied to a ceramic body by brushing, dipping or spraying.
a)
Slip
b)
Chemical Water
c)
Ceramic Glaze
d)
Acrylic Paint
8.
A method of hand building where clay is rolled flat to an even thickness using slats and a rolling pin
a)
Coil Pot
b)
Scoring
c)
Pinch Pot
d)
Slab
9.
The properties of clay that allow it to to be easily shaped and manipulated
a)
slippery
b)
plasticity
c)
earthenware
d)
greenware
10.
What does 'brittle' mean?
a)
Soft
b)
Easily breakable
c)
Easily bendable
d)
Tough
11.
Which of these properties do ceramics possess?
a)
Light
b)
Very fragile
c)
Strong hardness
d)
Flexible
12.
What is a disadvantage of ceramics?
a)
Ceramics are tough.
b)
Clay is easy to obtain.
c)
They can be painted.
d)
They can fracture easily.
13.
Because of their strong bonds, ceramics are...
a)
Electrically resistant
b)
Elastic
c)
Heat resistant
d)
Magnetic
14.
Ceramics have the ability to resist chemical attack however, they lack these two properties:
a)
Ductility
b)
Brittleness
c)
Hardness
d)
Electric conductivity
15.
Engineering materials that have a good resistance to the corrosion: (choose all that apply)
a)
Polymers
b)
Composites
c)
Metals
d)
Ceramics
16.
Materials used for electric insulators must have a low degree of: (choose two answers)
a)
Thermal conductivity
b)
Hardness
c)
Electric conductivity
d)
Compressive strength
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