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, but lightning cannot. to help explain why, use pictures or words to communicate why lighting cannot pass the radome to enter the nose of the airplane.

Explanation:

Plastic is an insulating material. Insulators do not allow the flow of electric - charges (such as those in lightning). Radar and wireless communication are electromagnetic waves that can pass through non - conducting materials like plastic without being blocked.

Answer:

Plastic in the radome is an insulator. Insulators prevent the flow of electric charges, so lightning cannot pass through it to enter the nose of the airplane.