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Temperature Scales in achieve 3000
Which of the following sentences expresses the main idea of the article?

Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.
Scientists improved thermometers by using mercury as the inner liquid instead of alcohol.
Scientists developed temperature scales to measure and communicate temperature accurately.
Early thermometers could show only that temperature had increased or decreased.

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"Scientists developed temperature scales to measure and communicate temperature accurately."

This sentence states the article's main idea; the other sentences are supporting details (definition of temperature, early thermometers' limits, and the switch to mercury).