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What does quantitative testing tell you? - Answer: Amount of a substance present in a sample
What test is semi-quantitative? - Answer: Test for reducing sugars
What method can be used for all reducing sugars? - Answer: Colorimeter
What is needed in colorimetry? - Answer: Known concentrations of reducing sugar
What technique is used in colorimetry to make the different concentrations? - Answer: Serial Dilution
What other type of test can be used to identify glucose? - Answer: Test Strips
What are the test strips coated in to identify glucose? - Answer: Reagent
What happens if the test strip changes colour? - Answer: Glucose is present
How is the test strip method a quantitative test? - Answer: Colour can be compared to a chart to
indicate the concentration present
What take a biochemical variable which can't easily be measured and convert it to an electrical signal? -
Answer: Biosensors
What can biosensors be used to detect? - Answer: Contaminants in water