Matching Pairs Converting Energy VocabularyOnline version Matching activity for Converting Energy Unit by Teresa Haug 1 electrical current 2 potential energy 3 energy 4 switch 5 electrical energy 6 kinetic energy 7 open circuit 8 load 9 conductor 10 power source 11 electrical circuit 12 closed circuit the energy an object has due to its motion supplies energy to a circuit that part of a circuit that needs power in order to work connects and disconnects the electrical current in order to power devices on and off a pathway that allows electricity to flow a type of kinetic energy that comes from the flow of tiny, charge particles moving through a substance the ability to change or move an object through force a circuit that has a gap and prevents the flow of the electrical current form reaching and powering the load flow of electricity the stored energy an object has due to its position a circuit that begins and ends at the same point and has no gaps, which allows an electrical current to flow a material that allows electrical current to pass through