Two ways carbon can get from the ocean to the lithosphere is through the marine plants + animals (in the ocean) , sediments, petroleum then to the lithosphere. The second way is through the shells + coral (in the ocean), limestone, then to the lithosphere.
Answer:
photosynthesis but the leaves technically don't have to be green so idk if that part influences the answer I just know leaves are for photosynthesis
During translation, or protein synthesis, the cell uses information from messenger RNA to produce proteins