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Chemical Energy

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Chemical energy is potential energy stored in a molecule's chemical bonds, released when those bonds break.

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The bonds in a glucose molecule release chemical energy when a cell breaks them apart during catabolism.

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Breaking a bond releases energy only when that bond stored more energy than the bonds that replace it.