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Ceramic Terms

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_________ is the clay’s ability to be maneuvered without breaking

a)

Stretching

b)

Elasticity

c)

Coiling

d)

Rolling

2.

Ceramics is an art and the science of making things out of clay made permanent with a temperature of 1300°F

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What is the oven called where clay is heated to make the clay permanent and strong?

a)

Firing

b)

Oven

c)

Kiln

d)

Fire

4.

What is it called when heating a clay object in a kiln?

a)

Firing

b)

Heat up

c)

Hot

d)

Fire

5.

_____________ is very strong and waterproof ceramics that were fired at a high temperature

a)

Stoneware

b)

Bisque

c)

Bone-dry

d)

Green-ware

6.

___________ is unglazed clay that has been fired in the kiln at a low temperature so it is ready to be glazed

a)

Stoneware

b)

Bisque

c)

Bone-dry

d)

Greenware

7.

__________ is a glass coat on a ceramic body applied to bisque fired clay.

a)

Paint

b)

Ceramics

c)

Glaze

d)

Slip

8.

What are the 7 stages of clay?

a)

Slip, workable, leatherhard, dry, bisqueware, bonedry, and glazed

b)

Dry, workable, leatherhard, slip, bisqueware, bonedry, and glazed

c)

Slip, workable, leatherhard, bisqueware, dry, bonedry, and glazed

d)

Dry, slip, workable, leatherhard, bonedry, bisqueware, and glazed

9.

_________ is the clay that is completely dry and ready to be put in the kiln

a)

Stoneware

b)

Leatherhard

c)

Bone-dry

d)

Greenware

10.

__________ is partially dry clay that can still be carved but cannot be bent

a)

Stoneware

b)

Leatherhard

c)

Bone-dry

d)

Greenware

11.

__________ is dry, unfired clay that is very fragile, it’s a lighter color then when you have fresh clay

a)

Stoneware

b)

Bisque

c)

Bone-dry

d)

Greenware

12.

A pottery wheel is a machine that spins a horizontal disk used to create cylindrical vessels.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What is a slab?

a)

A ball of clay

b)

Clay in it's container

c)

A flat piece of clay

d)

Rectangle pieces of clay

14.

____________ is very watery clay that is applied to scoring to hold separate parts together

a)

Scoring

b)

Mud

c)

Slab

d)

Slip

15.

___________ is putting small cuts in clay in order to hold pieces together

a)

Scoring

b)

Coil

c)

Slab

d)

Slip

16.

_________ is making an object out of stacked clay ropes

a)

Scoring

b)

Coiling

c)

Slab

d)

Pinching

17.

___________ is making a vessel by squeezing the clay

a)

Scoring

b)

Coiling

c)

Slab

d)

Pinching