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ceramics pre-quiz game 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Objects made from clay that permanently retain their shape after they have been heated to specific temperatures.

a)

Clay

b)

Traditional Pottery

c)

Ceramics

d)

Antique Pottery

2.

What is the property of clay that allows it to change shape without tearing or breaking?

a)

Rubber

b)

slippery

c)

texture

d)

Plastic

3.

a coating of glass that is fused to the surface of a ceramic piece

a)

Paint

b)

Glaze

c)

Gloss

d)

Sheen

4.

A fluid suspension of clay in water used in joining clay pieces and for surface decoration.

a)

glue

b)

water

c)

slip

d)

slap

5.

A method of refining clay in water where the heavy particles sink to the bottom and smaller particles are skimmed off the top.

a)

Levitation

b)

Balance

c)

Floational

d)

Levigation

6.

A hand-building techniques that involves squeezing the clay, usually between fingers and thumbs.

a)

Thumbing

b)

crabbing

c)

Pinching

d)

Coiling

7.

A kiln where the heat and flames are drawn downward and out through openings at the base of the kiln.

a)

Microwave

b)

Updraft kiln

c)

kiln oven

d)

downdraft kiln

8.

Hand building techniques that involves shaping clay into a broad, flat, thick piece.

a)

Coiling

b)

Brick

c)

Slab

d)

Pancake

9.

A furnace capable of controlled high temperatures used to fire ceramic ware and sculpture.

a)

Microwave

b)

Oven

c)

Betty Crocker Toaster

d)

Kiln

10.

Any form used to shape clay.

a)

Bowl

b)

Geometric

c)

MIldew

d)

Mold

11.

Attaching rolls of clay together to form pottery

a)

Pinching

b)

Roping

c)

Slab

d)

Coiling

12.

the stage between plastic and bone dry when clay has dried, but may still be carved or joined to other pieces

a)

Plastic

b)

Bonedry

c)

Harder

d)

Leather-hard

13.

polishing the surface of a leather-hard pot to compact it and produce and maintain a sheen at low firing temperatures

a)

Brassing

b)

Buffing

c)

Burnishing

d)

Furnishing

14.

a type of kiln where the heat is drawn through the kiln and exits through the top

a)

Downdraft Kiln

b)

Opendraft Kiln

c)

Updraft Kiln

d)

George forman grill

15.

cut into; carve; engrave

a)

Slice

b)

Dice

c)

Incise

d)

Impress

16.

A two-dimensional contour that characterizes an object or area, in contrast to three-dimensional form.

a)

Form

b)

Contrast

c)

Shape

d)

Shave

17.

Is three-dimensional and includes an object's depth.

a)

Shape

b)

Box

c)

Form

d)

Hamburger

18.

The state of being noticeably different from something else when put or considered together.

a)

Meditation

b)

Buhdism

c)

Contrast

d)

Balance

19.

Four main glaze types used in early ceramics

a)

low fire glaze, seasoning, Hi-fire glaze, fruit

b)

Salt, Lead, Alkaline, Ash

c)

Pepper, ash, sea salt, toner

d)

Leed, Onion, ash pepper, volcanic ash

e)

Copper, oxide, bleach, shrimp

20.

what are these used for Incising, Impressing, Combing, Burnishing.

a)

Four techniques used in decorating cupcakes

b)

Four techniques used in decorating clay

c)

Four techniques used in painting people

d)

Four techniques used in sculpture