Human babies have a gene that produces an enzyme that breaks down the sugar found in milk. Over time, this gene is shut off in most adult humans. A mutation in this gene allows some adults to continue to drink milk without discomfort. Why would this mutation have allowed early humans to survive?.

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".

Maybe c. im not too positive