Mountains are part of which earth sphere?

for example, no new evidence will demonstrate that the earth does not orbit around the sun (heliocentric theory), or that living things are not made of cells (cell theory), that matter is not composed of atoms, or that the surface of the earth is not divided into solid plates that have moved over geological timescales .

lichens that colonize bare rock secrete acids that break down the rock and start the soil-production process. so they expose rocks