If you examine a rock sample and observe fossils in it, what type of rock does the sample represent?

Sedimentary rocks are the only ones that have the ability to preserve a fossil. As the years go by and more layers are added the fossil will always stay secure in the rock.

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".