A mutation results in an amino acid substitution at a site distant from the active site of an enzyme. How might this amino acid change alter the active site and substrate specificity of the enzyme?.

The whale was a missile blasting from beneath the surface.  2.) a majestic whale leapt skyward before diving back into the sea.    these are both figurative language. this is so because the whale in sentence "1" was not actually a missile, nor was it actually blasting. now, for sentence "2", a whale can not actually "leap".