how do i link a button to a dropdown menu option?

how do i link a button to a dropdown menu option?

  • i want to click a button on page one and be redirected to page 2 where the dropdown has preselected the menu option.

  • so if im on page one and i click on a button that says cars, i want to be redirected to page two and have the dropdown menu option cars to be preselected in the dropdown menu

  • whats the easiest way to achieve this functionality - not very familiar with code