Question

The meter that is used to measure the distance moved by a vehicle is known as ……… Fill in the blank
a.) Speedometer
b.) Odometer
c.) Chronometer
d.) Ammeter

Answer 1

Hint: We all have noticed a meter on the dashboard of our vehicle. Few years back it was used to be an analogue meter but now almost all the vehicles have digital meters and fuel indicators on their vehicle. The meter attached to the dashboard is composed of different components and performs multiple functions. Most commonly all these are known as speedometers because we focus on speed more than anything on our dashboard.

Complete step by step solution:
An odometer is a device which is specifically used to measure distance travelled by any vehicle. It works by counting the number of wheel rotations. Different vehicles have different odometers because the size of wheels in different sizes of vehicles is different. When a wheel completes its one rotation, this means that the wheel has traveled a distance which is equal to the circumference of the wheel. The odometer also works on the same principle. It calculates the distance travelled by calculating the number of rotations of the wheel and then multiplying it with the circumference of the wheel. Hence, we can say that odometer is the device used to measure the distance moved by a vehicle
Hence, we can conclude that the correct answer to this question is option (b) Odometer.

Note: Now a day’s odometer is not used separately. We use a one combination of all such devices such as a speedometer to calculate the speed, an odometer to calculate the distance and a fuel meter. All devices are combined and then one device is made with all the functions. The speedometer we see in the dashboard of our card consists of an odometer and a fuel meter.