CHEM week 8

8.  Define and describe proteins.   Show us examples of amino acids and how amino acids covalently bond together in polypeptide chains.  What are the essential amino acids?  Tell us about the principle of protein complementarity.  Give some examples.

Discussion Questions – Week 8

Only one option for week 8.  Please read and comment on the following:

 

 

Revisit the definition of sustainability provided in Chapter 0.  With this in mind, discuss how feeding the world now and in the future can be done sustainably.   You may examine any of the example environmental consequences listed on page 450 or focus on the issues brought up in Sections 11.11 and 11.12