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Clay Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What tool is this?

a)

modeling tool

b)

sponge

c)

needle tool

d)

cutting tool

2.

What tool is this?

a)

loop tool

b)

rolling pin

c)

needle tool

d)

cutting tool

3.

What is this?

a)

loop tool

b)

sponge

c)

needle tool

d)

slip

4.

What tool is this?

a)

elephant ear sponge

b)

carving tool

c)

needle tool

d)

cutting tool

5.

What tool are these?

a)

loop tools

b)

rolling pins

c)

needle tools

d)

cutting tools

6.

What tool is this?

a)

modeling tool

b)

sponge

c)

needle tool

d)

cutting/carving tool

7.

What tool is this?

a)

loop tool

b)

rolling pin

c)

sponge

d)

cutting tool

8.

What does this tool do?

a)

clean & moisturize clay

b)

flattens clay

c)

carves clay

d)

marks on clay

9.

What does this tool do?

a)

carves clay

b)

flattens clay

c)

removes excess clay

d)

marks on clay

10.

What does this tool do?

a)

carves & cuts clay

b)

flattens clay

c)

removes excess clay

d)

marks on clay

11.

What does this tool do?

a)

carves & cuts clay

b)

flattens clay

c)

removes excess clay

d)

draws on and scores clay

12.

What does this tool do?

a)

carves & cuts clay

b)

flattens clay

c)

removes excess clay

d)

draws on and scores clay

13.

What tool welds, smooths, and shapes the clay?

a)

elephant ear sponge

b)

glaze

c)

rolling pin

d)

potters rib

14.

What tool cuts, slices, and trims clay?

a)

needle tool

b)

rolling pin

c)

loop tool

d)

cutting tool

15.

What tool sculpts and welds clay?

a)

needle tool

b)

modeling tool

c)

rolling pin

d)

slip

16.

What "paint" do we use on our ceramic rattles?

a)

watercolor

b)

oil

c)

acrylic

d)

glaze

17.

Which method of construction is it when you squeeze clay between your thumb and finger?

a)

pinch

b)

coil

c)

slab

18.

Which method of construction is it when you use flat pieces of clay to construct your artwork?

a)

pinch

b)

coil

c)

slab

19.

Which method of construction is it when you use snakes of clay to construct your artwork?

a)

pinch

b)

coil

c)

slab

20.

What is the two-step method used to attach two pieces of clay together?

a)

weld

b)

score-and-slip

c)

wedge

d)

glaze

21.

What do you do when you first get your clay and it is wet and workable? (1st stage of clay)

a)

leatherhard

b)

glaze

c)

wedge

d)

construct

22.

What is the stage of clay where you build your artwork? (second stage)

a)

glaze fire

b)

bisque fire

c)

wedge

d)

construct

23.

What stage of clay is partly dry and can be carved (third stage)

a)

glaze fire

b)

leatherhard

c)

bisquefire

d)

greenware

24.

What stage of clay is very dry, unfired and very fragile? (fourth stage)

a)

glaze fire

b)

leatherhard

c)

bisquefire

d)

greenware

25.

What stage of clay is the first fire? (fifth stage)

a)

glaze fire

b)

leatherhard

c)

bisquefire

d)

greenware

26.

What stage of clay is the second fire? (sixth stage)

a)

glaze fire

b)

leatherhard

c)

bisquefire

d)

greenware

27.

What is the oven called where the clay is "cooked?"

a)

oven

b)

kiln

c)

stove

d)

microwave

28.

Select the TWO reasons clay will explode in the kiln.

a)

too many holes

b)

too much moisture

c)

air bubbles

d)

too thin

29.

What is the method of attaching two pieces of clay together where you smooth the clay and pull from one piece to another?

a)

welding

b)

score-and-slip

c)

bisque

d)

glaze fire

30.

Why can't we fire our clay in our ovens at home?

a)

Our ovens at home don't get hot enough

b)

Our ovens at home are too big

c)

Our ovens at home are too small

d)

Our ovens at home don't work long enough

31.

What is very watered down clay called?

a)

glue

b)

slip

c)

mushy mush

d)

gray stuff

32.

What is it called when the fire gets put in the kiln and it is "cooked?"

a)

melt

b)

burn

c)

crisp

d)

fire

33.

Select the correct order of steps in clay.

a)

wedge, leatherhard, greenware, bisquefire, glazefire, construct

b)

leatherhard, wedge, construct, greenware, glazefire, bisquefire

c)

wedge, glazefire, construct, leatherhard, bisquefire, greenware

d)

wedge, construct, leatherhard, greenware, bisquefire, glazefire

34.

What is the form of clay when it is not quite dry, but no longer easily moldable?

a)

Plastic

b)

Leather-Hard

c)

Bone Dry

d)

Ceramic

35.

Carving is best done when the clay is

a)

Plastic

b)

Leather-Hard

c)

Bone Dry

d)

Wet

36.

Clay can only be fired if the clay is

a)

Wet

b)

Leather Hard

c)

Bone Dry

d)

Plastic

37.

Clay is in its MOST FRAGILE state when it is

a)

Wet

b)

Plastic

c)

Leather Hard

d)

Bone Dry

38.

The process of glaze fusing to the surface of the ceramic is called

a)

Vitrification

b)

Viability

c)

Veronica

d)

Fusing

39.

True or False: We will keep our clay that is not currently being modeled in the plastic bag to keep it wet

a)

True

b)

False

40.

How do you store your clay project correctly?

a)

In a fabric bag that has my name on it, on my class's shelf

b)

In a plastic bag that has my name on it, on my class's shelf

c)

Out in the open air because I love wasting clay

d)

In a world, destroyed by evil

41.

What tools can you use to smooth out the surface of the clay?

a)

Fingers, smoothing tool, scoring tool

b)

Fingers, smoothing tool, my pet dog

c)

Fingers, towels, homework sheets

d)

Fingers, potter's rib, water, sponge

42.

True or False: When moving clay from my table to the shelves, both hands are on my project securely, and I am walking carefully as to keep my project safe and others safe as well.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

My clay project is...

a)

Is a copy of something someone else is doing

b)

Is UNIQUE and from my OWN MIND

44.

The tools I am using for clay

a)

Can be potentially dangerous, so I will be extremely careful with them and only use them on the clay

b)

Can potentially be dangerous, so I will use them to poke and bother other students

c)

Are not useful to me, so I will throw them around the room and hurt people

45.

What is the difference between SHAPE and FORM?

a)

Shape is made with lines, Form is not

b)

Shape is 2D, Form is 3D

c)

Shape is 3D, Form is 2D

d)

There is no differece

46.

What is the proper way to lend someone a tool?

a)

Throw it to them

b)

Toss underhand to them

c)

Set it down and allow them to pick it up on their own

d)

Yell loudly at them to get their own

47.

What happens if a clay project is NOT scored and slipped?

a)

Nothing

b)

It falls apart

c)

It cracks

d)

It explodes

48.

What is the term for the "cooking" of the clay?

a)

baking

b)

boiling

c)

cooking

d)

fire

49.

What clay project did we complete in art this year?

a)

zentangle

b)

rattle

c)

perspective

d)

None of the above

50.

Where does clay come from?

a)

earth

b)

factory

c)

Mrs. Graham makes it