Water On A Stove

This is a video of a pan of water that was boiling potatoes, but is now cooling. THERMODYNAMICS. When the water was warming up and boiling, heat from the stove was transferred to the water, causing its kinetic energy of the water molecules to increase. Therefore, its temperature increased as well since temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy. When my dad was done cooking the potatoes, he turned off the stove, and the water started cooling because heat flows spontaneously from hot things to cold things. Since the stove was turned off, there was no more heat source, so as heat moved from the hot water to the cooler air, it was not replaced. Over time, the temperature of the water will cool until it is the same temperature as the surrounding air.