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