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Regarding English literature and Charles Dickens’ legacy...

How amber creates exquisite fossils


For many thousands of years, the ____________ tree resin known as amber has entranced ___________ makers and inspired the scientific imagination. For the past 200 years especially, paleontologists around the world have turned to amber to understand the ancient past—by studying the amazing fossils preserved within it. So, if you have questions about amber, we’ve got you covered.

What is amber, and how do fossil inclusions end up within it? Plants secrete many kinds of viscous liquids, such as latexes, gums, and waxes. Some kinds of plants, usually woody plants, produce resins: complex, sticky substances that don’t ____________ in water and harden when exposed to the air.

Resins serve to scab over plants’ wounds, making them sort of like the platelets in our bloodstream. When a plant that makes resin gets injured or otherwise has a break in its surface—such as a crack running down a tree’s bark— resin oozes out of the area. As the resin sits out in air and bakes in sunlight, it starts to harden. This process forms a protective cover over the plant’s wound, helping to keep out fungi and other pathogens.


(Fonte: National Geographic – adaptado.)

Regarding English literature and Charles Dickens’ legacy, how can we categorize his work in accordance to the literary movements?


A

Romanticism.


B

Medieval period.


C

Enlightenment.


D

Modernism.