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