Answer the following questions in your notebook, under the heading "Chapter 7, Section 1. What Do You Think?" :
1) How many sides does a magnet have? What are these sides called?
2) A compass is really just a bar magnet. What does that mean about the Earth? How does the compass know to point North?
3) Do magnets need to be touching one another in order for you to feel a force between them? How do you know? Give examples.