Here's a problem to solve: Fossilized plants give scientists information about the types of plants that lived long ago. What other information can fossilized plants provide?

Among the 4 following options, which is the correct answer?

- A: what kind of environment existed long ago
 
- B: what kinds of animals were alive long ago
 
- C: what color the plants were long ago
 
- D: what dinosaurs looked like long ago
 