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5th Grade - Clay

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do you connect two pieces of clay?

a)

Just stick it together

b)

Slip and Score

c)

Smooth them together

d)

There is no point in putting clay together

2.
Heating clay to high temperatures in the Kiln is called...
a)
Heating
b)
Firing
3.
The furnace that heats the clay is called the...
a)
Oven
b)
Kiln
4.
Making scratch marks in the clay to attach something is called...
a)
Slip
b)
Score
5.

What are three basic techniques for forming clay?

a)

glazing, drying, and decorating

b)

forming, shaping, and molding

c)

pinching, coiling, and slab building

6.

What stage of clay is very liquidy and glue-like?

a)

wet clay

b)

slip

c)

leatherhard

d)

greenware

7.

The coil building method is when you

a)

pinch and pull the clay to create something

b)

make long, snake-like pieces of clay to build up a vessel or object

c)

make slabs and piece them together

8.

If your clay piece is fired before completely drying out, what will happen?

a)

It will melt.

b)

It will dry out in the kiln.

c)

Nothing will happen.

d)

It will explode.

9.

Wedging is a method of kneading clay to get rid of __________ in the clay

a)

clay

b)

air pockets

c)

grogs

d)

water

10.

Clay that has NO water left and is ready to be fired is...

a)

Leather hard

b)

bisque

c)

bone dry

d)

slip

11.

You can attach wet clay to dry clay.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What is a flat piece of clay called?

a)

Clay pancake

b)

Slab

c)

Flat clay

d)

steak

13.

What tool do we need to make a slab?

a)

Needle tool

b)

sponge

c)

rolling pin

d)

wire tool

14.
Clay can be no thicker than your thumb and no thinner than your pinky.
a)
True
b)
False
15.

To avoid clay dust you must do the following...

a)

Sweep the floor using a broom

b)

Use a wet sponge or paper towel to clean up work area

c)

Dust down areas using a duster

d)

Put any left over clay down the sink

16.

Rolling out clay into rope like pieces

a)

snake

b)

macrame

c)

coil

d)

skinny

17.

method of kneading clay to get rid of air pockets in clay

a)

wedging

b)

walloping

c)

squishing

d)

washing

18.

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

19.
Clay that has been fired once is called
a)
leather hard
b)
bone dry
c)
glazeware
d)
bisqueware
20.

Until you are finished building your clay project you must keep it wrapped up tightly in a?

a)

paper bag

b)

portfolio

c)

eportfolio

d)

plastic bag

21.

You are to _________ your name and class into the base of your clay.

a)

write with marker

b)

label

c)

carve

d)

pinch pot

22.

Remember to keep __________ ,feet and all objects to yourself!

a)

clay

b)

label

c)

hands

d)

portfolio

23.

the process of forming a pot from rope-like rolls of clay carefully joined together

a)

slab

b)

pinch pot

c)

coil

d)

slip

24.

the stage of drying when the clay is no longer workable by hand

a)

leatherhard

b)

greenware

c)

bisqueware

d)

firing

25.

are products that add color and a glossy coating to a surface

a)

wedge

b)

score

c)

glaze

d)

kiln