On the Moon, there are no continental plate tectonics.

在月球上没有大陆板块运动。

That's thanks to something called plate tectonics.

这要归功于板块构造学说。

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？

The tectonics trembled tons of stone and nearly decapitated a sculpture.

这些板块撼动了数吨的石头，几乎毁掉了一座雕塑。

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。

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

这意味着，我和板块构造学一样老。

Locked water is now lubricating that crust so you don't get play tectonics instead you wait .

锁水现在经过外壳润滑，你现在了解不到地壳构造，只能等待。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

C, climate change from plate tectonics.

C，板块构造引起的气候变化。

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。

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。

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。

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。