How does carbon move from the lithosphere to the atmosphere?

Animal and plant respiration place carbon into the atmosphere. When you exhale, you are placing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Carbon is found in the lithosphere in the form of carbonate rocks. ... Carbon is also found in fossil fuels, such as petroleum (crude oil), coal, and natural gas.

in 1972 the fluid—mosaic membrane model of membrane structure was proposed based on thermodynamic principals of organization of membrane lipids and proteins and available evidence of asymmetry and lateral mobility within the membrane matrix [s. j. singer and g. l. nicolson, science 175 (1972) 720–731].