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Clay Review

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What tool is this?

a)

modeling tool

b)

sponge

c)

needle tool

d)

cutting tool

2.

True or False: My clay rattle has form.

a)
True
b)
False
3.

What tool is this?

a)

loop tool

b)

rolling pin

c)

needle tool

d)

cutting tool

4.

What is this?

a)

loop tool

b)

sponge

c)

needle tool

d)

slip

5.

True or False: This tool is used to cut clay.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What tool is this?

a)

elephant ear sponge

b)

carving tool

c)

needle tool

d)

cutting tool

7.

What tool are these?

a)

loop tools

b)

rolling pins

c)

needle tools

d)

cutting tools

8.

What tool is this?

a)

modeling tool

b)

sponge

c)

needle tool

d)

cutting/carving tool

9.

What tool is this?

a)

loop tool

b)

rolling pin

c)

sponge

d)

cutting tool

10.

What does this tool do?

a)

clean & moisturize clay

b)

flattens clay

c)

carves clay

d)

marks on clay

11.

What does this tool do?

a)

carves clay

b)

flattens clay

c)

removes excess clay

d)

marks on clay

12.

True or False: Elephant Ear Sponges and this type of sponge moisturize clay and smooth clay.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

True or False: This tool is used to roll out flat pieces of clay called slabs

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What does this tool do?

a)

carves & cuts clay

b)

flattens clay

c)

removes excess clay

d)

marks on clay

15.

What does this tool do?

a)

carves & cuts clay

b)

flattens clay

c)

removes excess clay

d)

draws on and scores clay

16.

What does this tool do?

a)

carves & cuts clay

b)

flattens clay

c)

removes excess clay

d)

draws on and scores clay

17.

What tool welds, smooths, and shapes the clay?

a)

elephant ear sponge

b)

glaze

c)

rolling pin

d)

potters rib

18.

What tool cuts, slices, and trims clay?

a)

needle tool

b)

rolling pin

c)

loop tool

d)

cutting tool

19.

What tool sculpts and welds clay?

a)

needle tool

b)

modeling tool

c)

rolling pin

d)

slip

20.

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

a)

watercolor

b)

oil

c)

acrylic

d)

glaze

21.

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

a)

pinch

b)

coil

c)

slab

22.

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

a)

pinch

b)

coil

c)

slab

23.

Leaving clay out and NOT in a bag would cause my clay to...

a)

dry out and I have to start all over

b)

do nothing

c)

move into the glaze fire stage

d)

melt and I have to start all over

24.

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

a)

pinch

b)

coil

c)

slab

25.

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

a)

weld

b)

score-and-slip

c)

wedge

d)

glaze

26.

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

27.

What tool is this?

a)

elephant ear sponge

b)

glaze

c)

rolling pin

d)

potters rib

28.

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

a)

glaze fire

b)

bisque fire

c)

wedge

d)

construct

29.

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

a)

glaze fire

b)

leatherhard

c)

bisquefire

d)

greenware

30.

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

a)

glaze fire

b)

leatherhard

c)

bisquefire

d)

greenware

31.

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

a)

glaze fire

b)

leatherhard

c)

bisquefire

d)

greenware

32.

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

a)

glaze fire

b)

leatherhard

c)

bisquefire

d)

greenware

33.

True or False: We used coil construction to build your clay rattle.

a)
True
b)
False
34.

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

a)

oven

b)

kiln

c)

stove

d)

microwave

35.

Select the TWO reasons clay will explode in the kiln.

a)

too many holes

b)

too much moisture

c)

air bubbles

d)

too thin

36.

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

37.

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

38.

What is very watered down clay called?

a)

glue

b)

slip

c)

mushy mush

d)

gray stuff

39.

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

a)

melt

b)

burn

c)

crisp

d)

fire

40.

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

41.

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

42.

Carving is best done when the clay is

a)

Plastic

b)

Leather-Hard

c)

Bone Dry

d)

Wet

43.

Clay can only be fired if the clay is

a)

Wet

b)

Leather Hard

c)

Bone Dry

d)

Plastic

44.

True or False: When clay gets too dry, it is garbage.

a)
True
b)
False
45.

Clay is in its MOST FRAGILE state when it is

a)

Wet

b)

Plastic

c)

Leather Hard

d)

Bone Dry

46.

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

a)

Vitrification

b)

Viability

c)

Veronica

d)

Fusing

47.

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

48.

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

49.

True or False: Clay will explode in the kiln if it is too old.

a)
True
b)
False
50.

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

51.

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

52.

My clay project is...

a)

Is a copy of something someone else is doing

b)

Is UNIQUE and from my OWN MIND

53.

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

54.

True or False: Clay is fired in the kiln.

a)
True
b)
False
55.

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

56.

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

57.

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

a)

baking

b)

boiling

c)

cooking

d)

fire

58.

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

a)

Nothing

b)

It falls apart

c)

It cracks

d)

It explodes

59.

Where does clay come from?

a)

earth

b)

factory

c)

Mrs. Graham makes it

60.

True or False: Throwing clay in class is acceptable.

a)
True
b)
False
61.

What clay project did we complete in art this year?

a)

zentangle

b)

rattle

c)

perspective

d)

None of the above

62.

What is slip made of?

a)

clay and oil

b)

glue

c)

slip powder and oil

d)

water and clay

63.

Ture or False: Clay comes from the Earth.

a)
True
b)
False
64.

What tool is used to score?

a)

modeling tool

b)

needle tool

c)

cutting tool

d)

carving tool

65.

True or False: My clay sketch has form.

a)
True
b)
False
66.

True or False: I can fire my clay at home in the oven.

a)
True
b)
False