Why do hot packs and cold packs eventually return to room temperature?

Temperature will revert to room temperature after the substance reacts fully. Heat energy flows between the chemical bonds of the added substance and water to the surroundings (elsewhere in the water, the beaker, a student's hand that touches the beaker).

Explanation:

i don't see a text, but i am gonna assume this *orbit* the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.