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Worksheets5th Grade - Clay
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
How do you connect two pieces of clay?
Just stick it together
Slip and Score
Smooth them together
There is no point in putting clay together
What are three basic techniques for forming clay?
glazing, drying, and decorating
forming, shaping, and molding
pinching, coiling, and slab building
What stage of clay is very liquidy and glue-like?
wet clay
slip
leatherhard
greenware
The coil building method is when you
pinch and pull the clay to create something
make long, snake-like pieces of clay to build up a vessel or object
make slabs and piece them together
If your clay piece is fired before completely drying out, what will happen?
It will melt.
It will dry out in the kiln.
Nothing will happen.
It will explode.
Wedging is a method of kneading clay to get rid of __________ in the clay
clay
air pockets
grogs
water
Clay that has NO water left and is ready to be fired is...
Leather hard
bisque
bone dry
slip
You can attach wet clay to dry clay.
True
False
What is a flat piece of clay called?
Clay pancake
Slab
Flat clay
steak
What tool do we need to make a slab?
Needle tool
sponge
rolling pin
wire tool
To avoid clay dust you must do the following...
Sweep the floor using a broom
Use a wet sponge or paper towel to clean up work area
Dust down areas using a duster
Put any left over clay down the sink
Rolling out clay into rope like pieces
snake
macrame
coil
skinny
method of kneading clay to get rid of air pockets in clay
wedging
walloping
squishing
washing
The roughening of the surface of wet clay in order to attach another piece of wet clay
coiling
slipping
slab
scoring
Until you are finished building your clay project you must keep it wrapped up tightly in a?
paper bag
portfolio
eportfolio
plastic bag
You are to _________ your name and class into the base of your clay.
write with marker
label
carve
pinch pot
Remember to keep __________ ,feet and all objects to yourself!
clay
label
hands
portfolio
the process of forming a pot from rope-like rolls of clay carefully joined together
slab
pinch pot
coil
slip
the stage of drying when the clay is no longer workable by hand
leatherhard
greenware
bisqueware
firing
are products that add color and a glossy coating to a surface
wedge
score
glaze
kiln
