Earth’s outer core can be modeled by a spherical shell that extends from a distance of approximately 1,200 kilometers from Earth’s center to approximately 3,400 kilometers from Earth’s center. Which of the following is closest to the volume of Earth’s outer core, in cubic kilometers?

B.  earth orbits at a slower rate than the rate at which the moon orbits earth.

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".