what method causes hot water to cool?

Question

what is the scientific method called and how does it work

Answer 1

Water at all temperatures exerts a vapour pressure above its surface and, the vapour escapes to atmosphere.
Hot water, (not boiling) and open to the atmosphere, is evaporating constantly, (even at low temperature). Evaporation, (changing to vapour) requires heat energy. (Latent Heat of Vaporisation).
This is taken from the water as Sensible Heat which, as it's coming from the water, causes the temperature to drop (A Cooling Process). The heat leaves the water via the vapour as it escapes.

Answer 2

The thermodynamical laws about heat tell us that heat( energy)
goes from mediums of high temperature to mediums with low temperature.

So it is.

You can not stop it.
You may make the stream of heat energy go slower by using isolation materials.

There is a special phenomena by +4 deg Celsius in lakes. The water is heaviest by +4. It falls to the bottom at that temperature. Then the surface is freezing to ice.
But there usually is running water for life near the bottom.

Answer 3

Conduction,Radiation,Convection and, if the water is open to a cooler atmosphere or vacuum,evaporation.You dont give enough detail for a specfic answer but all except evaporation depend on the surroundings being colder than the liquid.

Answer 4

Newton's law of Cooling.

Heat is exchanged with the surroundings till the amount absorbed=amount transmitted.

Answer 5

There are three mechanisms by which
thermal energy is transported.
1. Convection 2. Conduction 3. Radiation
Convection is the transfer of heat by the actual movement of the warmed matter. Heat leaves the coffee cup as the currents of steam and air rise. Convection is the transfer of heat energy in a gas or liquid by movement of currents. (It can also happen is some solids, like sand.) The heat moves with the fluid. Consider this: convection is responsible for making macaroni rise and fall in a pot of heated water. The warmer portions of the water are less dense and therefore, they rise. Meanwhile, the cooler portions of the water fall because they are denser.

Conduction is the transfer of energy through matter from particle to particle. It is the transfer and distribution of heat energy from atom to atom within a substance. For example, a spoon in a cup of hot soup becomes warmer because the heat from the soup is conducted along the spoon. Conduction is most effective in solids-but it can happen in fluids. Fun fact: Have you ever noticed that metals tend to feel cold? Believe it or not, they are not colder! They only feel colder because they conduct heat away from your hand. You perceive the heat that is leaving your hand as cold.

Radiation: Electromagnetic waves that directly transport ENERGY through space. Sunlight is a form of radiation that is radiated through space to our planet without the aid of fluids or solids. The energy travels through nothingness! Just think of it! The sun transfers heat through 93 million miles of space. Because there are no solids (like a huge spoon) touching the sun and our planet, conduction is not responsible for bringing heat to Earth. Since there are no fluids (like air and water) in space, convection is not responsible for transferring the heat. Thus, radiation brings heat to our planet.

Answer 6

ambient temperature causes the temperature to drop.

Energy will need to maintain a 100 degrees(boiling point) and because it stops once it has reched the temperature, the outside temperature causes the water to stop boiling and cool down to a warm temperature

Answer 7

Water returns to its natural temperature when the heating source is removed. It's called nature.