Answer:
Please see below.
Step-by-step explanation:
The crust of our planet provides a physical surface on which organisms can live; it is as varied as ocean basins, mountains, valleys, sand covered deserts or the frozen poles. Organisms derive the nutrients they need from that environment, either directly or by means of other organisms, for example when plants absorb minerals from the soil which are later passed on to herbivores, carnivores and detritivores. Water is also absorbed by organisms from their surroundings. But this relationship works the other way around as well. Organisms excrete organic carbon and minerals which are returned to the lithosphere or hydrosphere and thus a cycling of minerals and water is formed which assures that essential nutrients won't run out and this way we can see that both components, the living organisms (the biosphere) and the crust (the lithosphere) are inestricably interrelated.