Relier Pairs The Causes and Effects of Climate ChangeVersion en ligne Matching the words with their definitions. par LAURA MICHELLE JIMENEZ PAZMINO 1 Greenhouse gas 2 Ecosystem 3 Fossil fuels 4 Drought 5 Excess 6 Atmosphere 7 Climate change 8 Carbon dioxide too much of something. a long period of time without rain. a long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define Earth's local, regional and global climates. a gas that traps heat from the sun, the layer of gas that surrounds the Earth, an area where certain plants and animals live and interact. a heavy colorless gas that is formed by burning fuels. made from decomposing plants and animals.