Clay Terms Review - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is Green Clay?

Clay that hasn't been formed or fired

Clay that has been fired once

Clay that is found in the ground and is green in color

Clay that has been formed but not fired

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is Greenware?

Clay that has not been formed or fired

Clay that has been fired once

Clay that is green in color

Clay that has been formed but not fired

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is Bisqueware?

Clay that hasn't been formed or fired

Clay that has been fired once

A finished piece of clay

Clay that has been formed but not fired

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is Glazeware?

Clay that has been in the kiln

Clay with glaze on it

When you spill glaze on your shirt

Clay that has been glazed and fired a second time

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What type of clay do we use?

White

Porcelain

Earthenware

Stoneware

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does Cone mean in terms of pottery?

A piece of equipment used to shape the clay

When you work on the pottery wheel

The hat Mrs. Meulener's makes you wear when you screw up

The temperature our projects are fired to

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What cone do we fire our projects to?

Cone 05/06

Cone 600

Cone 6

Cone 007

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How many stages of clay are there?

1

2

3

4

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is leatherhard clay like?

Still really wet

Some moisture left but it has started to dry out

No moisture left at all

Clay that has been fired once

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is bone dry clay like?

No moisture left, completely dry

Some moisture left but starting to dry

Fired once in the kiln

Made from the bones of our enemies

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In what stage is your project most fragile?

Green Clay

Leatherhard

Bisqueware

Bone Dry

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What technique was used to build this piece?

Pottery Wheel

Pinching

Coils

Slabs

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What technique was used to create this piece?

Slabs

Coils

Pinching

Illegal hunting of whales

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why do we wedge the clay

Because it is fun

To mix the clay together

To compress the clay and eliminate air bubbles

To dry out the clay

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is this thing and what do you do with it?

A kiln, you throw on it

A kiln, you dry the clay on it

A pottery wheel, you mix the clay on it

A pottery wheel, you throw on it

16.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

What are the two ways you can create a piece of pottery?

Handbuilding

Imagining

Pottery Wheel

Rolling

17.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

What is are some examples of functional pottery?

Vase

Bowl

Sculpture

Slab

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What do you call pottery that does not serve a purpose?

Fun

Decorative

Creative

Sculptural

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

There are three ways a project can blow up in the kiln. Which one of these is NOT one of them.

Air Pockets/bubbles

Too thick

Too thin

Wet clay

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What tool rolls a flat slab?

rolling pin

needle tool

pottery wheel

clay tools

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What tool is used to trim excess clay and smooth?

rolling pin

clay tools

rib

needle tool

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What tool is used to pop air bubbles and create texture?

rib

clay knife

rolling pin

needle tool

23.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is this and what do we do with it?

Oven, we store the clay

Oven, we recycle the clay

Kiln, we fire the clay projects

Kiln, we dry out our clay

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the name of the substance we use to color the surface of our clay?

Watercolors

Paint

Goop

Glaze

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