When light strikes a rough surface it reflects in essentially random directions.
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It does.
Any smooth surface will reflect light. The better question is "How much light does each kind of smooth surface reflect?"
incident ray
Light reflections off of a smooth surface are considered to be spectral. Light reflections off of rough surfaces are considered to be diffuse
The angle between the light ray and the normal (perpendicular) to the surface at the point of reflection.