Correct answer is chemical energy.
Reason:
For the chemical reactions to occur, energy is to be supplied for breaking and reorganization of bonds. This energy can be in form of heat, light, etc. Since, breaking of bonds results in chemical reactions to occur, t<span>he energy stored in molecular bonds is called Chemical energy.</span>
This problem is providing two reduction-oxidation (redox) reactions in which the oxidized and reduced species can be identified by firstly setting the oxidation number of each element:
Reaction 1: 2K⁺I⁻ + H₂⁺O₂⁻ ⇒2K⁺O⁻²H⁺ + I₂⁰
Reaction 2: Cl₂⁰ + H₂⁰ ⇒ 2H⁺CI⁻
Next, we can see that iodine is being oxidized and oxygen reduced in reaction #1 and chlorine is being reduced and hydrogen oxidized in reaction #2 because the oxidized species increase the oxidation number whereas the reduced ones decrease it.
In such a way, the correct choice is C.
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