Matching Pairs Converting Energy VocabularyOnline version Matching activity for Converting Energy Unit by Teresa Haug 1 closed circuit 2 load 3 electrical energy 4 power source 5 kinetic energy 6 electrical current 7 energy 8 conductor 9 potential energy 10 electrical circuit 11 open circuit 12 switch a material that allows electrical current to pass through the energy an object has due to its motion connects and disconnects the electrical current in order to power devices on and off the ability to change or move an object through force 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 type of kinetic energy that comes from the flow of tiny, charge particles moving through a substance flow of electricity the stored energy an object has due to its position a circuit that has a gap and prevents the flow of the electrical current form reaching and powering the load a pathway that allows electricity to flow that part of a circuit that needs power in order to work