Question

aluminum is a great material to protect a plane from lightning, but aluminum coverings also prevent some important communication devices from working. electrical engineers had to figure out a way to move lightning through the airplanes shell while allowing communication devices to work. their solution is called a radome. a radome is made of insulating materials like plastic that cover all of the communication devices found in the nose of the airplane. question 2: radar and wireless communication can pass through the plastic of the radome. to help explain why, use pictures or words to communicate why lightning cannot pass through the nose of the airplane.

Explanation:

Radar and wireless communication use electromagnetic waves that can pass through insulating materials like the plastic of a radome as they are not significantly affected by such materials. Lightning, being a high - voltage electrical discharge, requires a conductive path to flow. Plastic is an insulator and does not provide a conductive path for lightning, thus lightning cannot pass through the plastic of the radome at the nose of the airplane.

Answer:

Radar and wireless communication use electromagnetic waves that can penetrate insulating plastic. Lightning, being electrical, needs a conductor to flow and plastic is an insulator, so lightning cannot pass through.