Wanda is writing a report on gila monsters. She has a book on desert animals, but she doesn't know where to find information about her topic. Explain to your friend Wanda how to find information in the index of her book. What is found there?

Turn to the very back or the very front of the book, where the index lives, and look up the topic you're interested in; topics are listed in alphabetical order. Once you find your topic, the page number next to your topic tells you which page to turn to so you can read about that topic. If the topic comes up more than once in the book, there will be more than one page number next to the topic's listing. Sometimes, indexes will group similar topics together under a single heading. For example, a book on preserving food might list all the fruits you can preserve under the heading "Fruit." So, if you can't find the subject you want, check to see if the subject is classified under a logical heading.

Explanation:

Most reference books have a table of contents in the beginning, which tells you about the chapters in the book. But the index in the back of the book gets even more specific, telling you exactly which page you should turn to for a given subject.

1. a

2. b

3. d

4. d

5. b

6. b

7.b

8. a

9. d

10. d