Change of State. Matter can move from one state to another, but can still be the same substance. A change of state, also called a phase change, is a physical change from one state of matter to another, for example, from solid to liquid or from liquid to gas.
Long Island: New York. Long Island is 118 miles long from east to west and about 23 miles wide covering an entire land area of about 1,723 square miles total. Long Island is the largest island in the continental United States, and arguably the most gorgeous.
At Suffolk County's widest point the distance from the Long Island sound to the southern shore is only 26 miles. There are 1,518,475 people living in the County of Suffolk. Suffolk County is bigger (U.S. Census 2009) than eleven states!