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