Look up the index!

This task is about knowing how to use an index.
An index is a list, given in alphabetical order, that states the subjects, names, and other important terms in a book. Page numbers are given to help you find where something, that is stated on the index, is located in the book.
 

Index title

   

Ant 20-21
– antennae 21
– colonies 20
– food 20, 21
– trails 21
 
Bumblebee 12-13
– colour 12
– grubs 12, 13
– nectar 13
– pollen 13
– tongue 13
 
Earwig 9
– food 9
– pincers 9
 
Ladybird beetle 10-11
– eggs 11
– larva 11
– spots 10
– wings 10
 
Learning more 22-23
– ladybirds 23
– snails 23
– worms 22

 

 

Millipede 3
– legs 3
– moulting 3
 
Red admiral butterfly 16-17
– antennae 16
– caterpillar 17
– colour 16
– tongue 16
– wings 16, 17
 
Snails 14-15
– eggs 14
– eyes 15
– shell 14
– slime 14
– tentacles 15
– tongue 15
 
Spider 4-7
– crab spider 5
– egg-sac 6
– eyes 6, 7
– fangs 7
– jumping spider 7
– orbweb spider 4
– silk 4,7
– web 4
 

 

– wolf spider 6
 
Spittlebug 8
– adult 8
– nymph 8
– spit 8
 
Worm 18-19
– burrow 18
– castes 19
– food 18
– movement 18
– re-growing 19
– saddle 19

 
 
 
 

Use the index page from 'The Garden' to answer the questions below.
 
a)
On what two pages would you find information about bumblebees?
 
_______ and _______
 
b)
On what page would you find information about the crab spider?
 
_______
 
c)
On what page would you find out what a worm eats? _______
 
d)

 

What is the book that this index comes from most likely about?
 
(A) Animals in New Zealand
(B) Spiders
(C) The garden
(D) Garden animals
 
e)
How are the main headings in an index organised?
 
 
 
f)
Where in a book would you find the index?