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Ceramics Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This form of clay acts as a "glue" to connect pieces of pottery together while hand building.

a)

slip

b)

scoring

c)

greenware

d)

bisque

2.

This refers to a method of joining two pieces of clay together.

a)

Hand building

b)

Wax Resist

c)

Score and Slip

d)

Glue and Paste

3.

When speaking of clay, we refer to five basic stages of clay. They are:

a)

Greenware, bisque, leather hard, plastic, glaze ware

b)

Slip, greenware, bisque, wedged, plastic

c)

Wet, leather hard, bone dry, glaze ware, fired

d)

Fresh, stale, dry, almost dry, fired

4.

This is a method in which the clay is shaped by inserting the thumb of one hand into the clay and lightly squeezing with the thumb and fingers while slowly rotating the ball in the palm of the other hand.

a)

Slab building

b)

Pinching

c)

Coil building

d)

Slumping

5.

This is the process of heating the pottery to a specific temperature in order to bring about a particular change in the clay or the surface.

a)

Roasting

b)

Baking

c)

Firing

d)

Cooking

6.

A glass-like surface coating for ceramics that is used to decorate and seal the pores of the fired clay is called

a)

Slip

b)

Underglaze

c)

Glaze

d)

Majolica

7.

The term for ceramic ware that has not yet been fired is

a)

Raw ware

b)

Greenware

c)

Bisque ware

d)

Raku

8.

This is the technique of building ceramic forms by rolling out ropes of clay and joining them together with scoring and slipping.

a)

Wheel throwing

b)

Pinching

c)

Slab building

d)

Coil Building

9.

A specialized oven or furnace used for industrial processes such as firing clay for pottery or bricks

a)

Casting oven

b)

Cauldron

c)

Kiln

d)

Furnace Oven

10.

A method of kneading clay to get rid of any air bubbles

a)

Throwing

b)

Wedging

c)

Coiling

d)

Smoothing

11.

A pottery technique in which a form is built up by joining shapes cut from thick sheets of damp clay.

a)

Slab

b)

Shape

c)

Mould

d)

Sheet

12.

What is the stage when clay is at its most workable state?

a)

Slip

b)

Leatherhard

c)

Plastic

d)

Glazeware

13.

A piece must be completely dry before it is fired.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The process for making clay products permanent through baking at high temperatures is

a)

Finishing

b)

Petrifaction

c)

Permanence

d)

Firing

15.

A decomposed granite type rock with plastic like consistency.

a)

glaze

b)

marble

c)

balsa foam

d)

clay

16.

What is the term for clay that has been fired once in the kiln?

a)

Plastic

b)

Greenware

c)

Leather hard

d)

Bisque

17.

What is the thickness that is recommended in your pottery?

a)

1 inch thick

b)

2 inches thick

c)

1/2 inch thick

d)

1/4 inch thick

18.

What is glaze made of?

a)

Paint and water

b)

Colored clay in water

c)

Glass particles in a liquid emulsion