Based in Tampa, Florida, Steven A. Field, MD teaches a number of courses, from Marine Science to Anatomy and Physiology, with the Hillsborough County School District. Among the courses Steven A. Field, MD teaches is Honors Biology. At the foundation of biology is chemistry, with all organic compounds composed of carbon.
Containing six neutrons and six protons, carbon is relatively compact and takes on a variety of chemical forms, including rings, sheets, spirals, double bonds, and triple bonds. Carbon atoms also have six electrons, and need for extra electrons, which ensures that they bond with other carbon molecules, as well as multiple other molecules such as nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
With an infinite number of combinations possible, this has enabled the development of complicated structures made possible on the Earth by carbon dioxide, which floats throughout the atmosphere. Simple carbon compounds include methane, which involves one carbon molecule and four hydrogen electrons inhabiting the outer electron shell. This is represented in chemistry by dot structure diagrams.
