Making scratch marks in the clay to attach something is called...
  • Slip
  • Score
What is the perfect thickness of clay?
  • 1/2 (one half) inch
  • 1/3 (one third) inch
  • 1/4 (one quarter) inch
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 substance is necessary to join two pieces of clay together?
  • glue
  • slip
  • epoxy
  • water
 When you score clay, you do which of the following?
  • make marks into the clay surface
  • make holes that get filled with slip
  • make it possible to join two pieces of clay
  • all of the above
Heating clay to high temperatures in the Kiln is called...
  • Heating
  • Firing
The furnace that heats the clay is called the...
  • Oven
  • Kiln
Method where you push and pull the clay with your fingers
  • Slab Method
  • Pinch Method
  • Coil Method
What is a kiln used for?
  • To dry the clay
  • To fire the clay
What are three basic techniques for forming clay?
  • glazing, drying, and decorating
  • forming, shaping, and molding
  • pinching, coiling, and slab building
What are some safety precautions to follow when using clay?
  • wear protective clothing, like an apron or smock
  • Capture clay dust with acid rain
  • Eat while in the studio
  • breathe in deep while around clay dust
What are some techniques of creating hand-built forms out of clay?
  • kneading, wedging and spiraling
  • pinching, coiling and slab building
  • handling clay
What stage of clay is very liquidy and glue-like?
  • wet clay
  • slip
  • leatherhard
  • greenware
What stage of clay is best for molding?
  • slip
  • leatherhard
  • greenware
  • wet clay
What do you call clay that has started to dry, and can hold its own weight? This clay is still cold to the touch.
  • Wet clay
  • Leatherhard clay
  • bisqueware
  • greenware
Clay that is bone dry, but not yet fired is at what stage of clay?
  • Greenware
  • Leatherhard
  • Bisqueware
  • Wet clay
Clay that has been fired in the kiln is known as what?
  • Wet clay
  • Dry clay
  • Greenware
  • Bisqueware
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.
The kiln reaches temperature up to how many degrees Fahrenheit?
  • 100 - 200 degrees
  • 500 - 1,000 degrees
  • 1,800 - 2,400 degrees
  • 5,000 - 6,000 degrees
The art of making objects with clay and firing them in a kiln.
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  • pottery
  • ceramics
  • mudwork
Heating pottery or sculpture in a kiln or open fire at high temperatures which fuses the clay particles and hardens it.
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  • Kilning
  • Glazing
  • Baking
  • Firing
Clay that has been fired once, unglazed.
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  • Sculpture
  • Greenware
  • Bisque
  • Leather-hard
A furnace or oven built of heat resistant materials for firing pottery.  
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  • Microwave
  • Kennel
  • Kiln
  • Forge
The process of firing at a low temperature to produce bisque ware.
  • Glaze Firing
  • Bisque Firing
  • Pre-heating
A glassy coating that has been melted onto a clay surface by the use of heat. 
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  • Glaze
  • Slip
  • Grog
  • Ceramic
Clay with a lot of water added to it that is used as a sort of glue to hold clay pieces together 
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  • Grog
  • Glaze
  • Slime
  • Slip
The firing during which glaze materials melt and form a glassy coating on the clay’s surface.  
  • Slip firing
  • Grog firing
  • Glaze firing
  • Bisque firing
When long ropes of clay of equal thickness are used to build a ceramic object.
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  • Coil method
  • Slab construction
  • Greenware
  • Leather-hard
Hand-building technique which involves forming slabs of clay and connecting them with scoring and slip to form a vessel. 
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  • Coil Method
  • Slab Construction
  • Greenware
  • Leather-hard
Clay that is stiff, but is still damp.
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  • Leather-hard
  • Greenware
  • Bisque
  • Grog
Clay that has dried and is ready to be fired in a kiln. 
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  • Leather-hard
  • Greenware
  • Bisque
  • Grog
 Method of kneading a mass of clay to get rid of air and lumps.
  • Scoring
  • Slipping
  • Wedging
  • Glazing
Any coloring material used under a glaze. The color can be provided by commercially prepared glaze.
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  • Paint
  • Grog
  • Slip
  • Under glaze
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