1 Through the efforts of paleontologists, or researchers who look for evidence of ancient plants and animals, millions of fossils have been discovered across the globe. Simply defined, fossils are the remains of a living thing and are usually encased in stone. They include the remains from prehistoric living things, ranging from woolly mammoths, to prehistoric fish, to dinosaurs. It can take thousands, if not millions of years for a fossil to form. This is why, even today, so many fossils remain and allow us to find evidence of animals that roamed the earth even before humans came into the picture.


Which answer choice would be an accurate summary of paragraph 1?

A)
The definition of a paleontologist is one who looks for fossils. A fossil is the remains of a living thing in stone.


B)
Even today people find evidence of scary creatures that roamed the earth a long time ago. Like on Jurassic Park, some are dinosaurs.


C)
Woolly mammoths, prehistoric fish, and dinosaurs are ancient plants and animals that roamed the earth before humans. Paleontologists look for the animal's bones.


D)
Researchers called paleontologists search for evidence of prehistoric living things. The remains they find, usually encased in stone, are called fossils that formed millions of years ago.