Brainliest: Describe how a carbon atom is released from a fossil fuel like coal and travels into the atmosphere as a gas. How does it then end up in living things like plants and animals? Explain how carbon ends up back in the ground. Use the following terms in your typed response: CO2, C6H12O6, atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, carbon sink, carbon source.

The answer is atmosphere. there are four spheres of the earth: 1. geosphere (from greek word 'geo' = ground), 2. hydrosphere (from greek word 'hydro' = water), 3. biosphere (from greek word 'bio' = life), and 4. atmosphere (from greek word 'atmo' = air). a magnetosphere is a region of space around astronomical objects controlled by the magnetic field of that object. through the process of elimination, since lightning is present in the air, it can be found in the atmosphere.