If water boils at 100 degrees C then why do we see steam when we shower/wash our hands sometimes?
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evaporation can happen at nearly any temperature found on earth.
the relative temperature of the water, the humidity of the air(how much water is in it) and pressure of the air(low pressure boils water faster) can cause evaporation.
when you see steam your seeing condensed water not water vapor.
when the air in the bathroom gets hit with warm water the water evaporates into thin air that was warmed by the water, but as the high humidity air cools, or contacts something cool the ‘dew point’ is reached(water is squeezed out of the air by pressure cooling by constricting. the coolness lessens the amount of water it can hold and the water condenses into tiny droplets(just like clouds) this is how steam becomes visable.
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