So we call it wasted energy. Nuclear energy and chemical energy are other types of potential energy. Potential energy is stored in the atoms that everything is made of or in the bonds that hold ...

Magnetic The energy stored when repelling poles have been pushed closer together or when attracting poles have been pulled further apart. Fridge magnets, compasses, maglev trains which use ...

cells release the energy stored in their food molecules through a series of oxidation reactions. Oxidation describes a type of chemical reaction in which electrons are transferred from one ...