Conservation of Energy

• The most scientific fundamental law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted to another form. Energy is recycled and converted into a different form, such as light coming from your lamp was converted from electricity flowed from the power plant.
  
  

Light/Photons

• Light is energy traveling at 186,000 miles per second. When it hits an object, three things can occur: it can pass through, sink in and disappear or reflect back again. As mentioned before, energy cannot be destroyed but is just converted.
  
  

Specular Reflection vs. Diffuse Reflection

• Photons are always at work releasing energy and it is only when it is reflected on a flat, smooth surface a specular reflection occurs. The opposite of this flat reflection is diffuse reflection because light reflects on rigid and dark surfaces thus diffusing the reflection.
  
  

What are Reflections?

• Normally mirrors are silver and flat with a black back board because it absorbs the most photons in an orderly way, and in turn are converted into light energy. This makes them unstable, so they try to get rid of the excess energy by giving off more light rays. This is what people see as a reflection--photons at work releasing energy.
  
  

Types of Mirrors

• There are three types of mirrors: plane mirror is flat and what is normally used to see oneself, converging mirror is similar to a shaving mirror because it magnifies, and lastly, a diverging mirror or convex mirror is like a rear view mirror.