1. The melting point is the temperature at which a solid turns to a liquid, and the boiling point is the temperature at which a liquid turns to a gas, both at a definite pressure.
2. Figure 2 shows the heating of substance X. It melts from a solid to a liquid at temperature Q, then boils from a liquid to a gas at temperature R. During these phase changes, the bonds between particles break as energy is absorbed to overcome attractive forces.
3. Figure 3 shows the electron configuration of element M with an electron valence of 1. Atom X and Y are isotopes with the same number of protons but different neutrons, and atom Y is radioactive and used for carbon pathway detection