<u>State</u> anxiety is the actual experience of apprehension and uncontrolled arousal and <u>trait</u> anxiety is a personality characteristic, which represents a latent disposition to perceive situations as threatening.
Explanation:
<u>State anxiety:</u> It is basically a "right now" feeling which changes from moment to moment, manifesting itself as an interruption of an individual's emotion state, leading to a sudden superversion of emotional equilibrium, caused by external factors of current state. e.g An atheletes emotional state at any given time that is variable from situation to situation.
<u>Trait anxiety:</u> It is a personality disposition which is stable over time. e.g An atheletes disposition to interpreting a situation as threatning and responding with an increase in state anxiety.
First, a physical property just identifies it's state, how it looks, color, and that stuff. Let's work on finding that.
⇔ Ability to rust wouldn't work as a physical property. That one changes the substance, making it a chemical change. So, we know that this can certainly be our answer!