On the Moon, there are no continental plate tectonics.

在月球上没有大陆板块运动。

Earth has enough water to lubricate its plate tectonics.

地球有足够的水来润滑它的板块构造运动。

That's thanks to something called plate tectonics.

这要归功于板块构造学说。

Which means, I'm as old as plate tectonics.

这意味着，我和板块构造学一样老。

Plate tectonics created heat and pressure, that produced rock lighter than the ocean floor.

地壳板块运动的不断加热和挤压从海平面上升起大量岩石、陆地。

Mars doesn't have plate tectonics today, but there's evidence it once did.

火星现在没有板块构造运动，但有证据表明它曾经有过。

So why is there no plate tectonics on Venus, which is the same size as Earth?

那么，为什么和地球一样大小的金星上没有板块构造运动呢？

Of course, the Earth's plate tectonics and water are not the only things to set it apart.

当然，地球的板块构造和水并不是唯一使它与众不同的东西。

In fact, plate tectonics only became widely accepted in the late 1960s – more than half a century after Wallace's death.

事实上，板块构造学到了 1960 年代末期才被广泛接受，此时已经是华莱士去世后半个多世纪以后了。

But the moon is mostly dry and lacks plate tectonics.

但月球大部分是干燥的，缺乏板块构造。

Although many scientists were skeptical, the idea was eventually accepted and played a critical role in establishing the theory of plate tectonics.

尽管许多科学家对此持怀疑态度，但这一观点最终被接受，并在板块构造理论的建立过程中发挥了关键作用。

This was the mechanism that could drive continental drift, now understood as plate tectonics.

这是驱动大陆漂移的机制，现在被称为板块构造。

C, climate change from plate tectonics.

C，板块构造引起的气候变化。

The bridges were built before plate tectonics, so we've got no retrofitting at all.

这些桥梁是在板块构造之前建造的，所以我们根本没有改造。

The rocks older than this have been either destroyed or highly deformed through plate tectonics.

比这更古老的岩石已经被板块构造破坏或高度变形。

It was brought to the surface by the forces of plate tectonics millions of years ago.

数百万年前，由于板块构造的力量，它被带到了地表。

These external forces began at the end of the Mesozoic, when plate tectonics caused the uplift of mountains in North America and Asia.

这些外部力量始于中生代末期，当时板块构造造成了北美洲和亚洲的山脉抬升。

We know Earth is unique for having plate tectonics, liquid water on its surface and an oxygen-rich atmosphere.

我们知道地球是独一无二的，因为它拥有板块构造、表面液态水和富含氧气的大气层。

As we learn in the lesson on paleogeography and plate tectonics, the continents are always moving.

正如我们在古地理和板块构造课上学到的，大陆总是在移动。

Plate tectonics influences the flow of ocean currents, which are important drivers of climate patterns worldwide.

板块构造影响洋流的流动，而洋流是全球气候模式的重要驱动力。