why is that ultrasound waves travel short distances though they have maximum energy?

Question

sound waves generally vibrate in the same place. the vibration has an effect on the nearby molecule and that vibrates and has an effect on the next. but soundwaves with high frequencies also follow the same principles when they CAN travel long distance with the energy they possess

Answer 1

Hi. The distance sound travels is primarily determined by it's frequency. A lower frequency is not blocked by the media it travels through. That's why you can hear the "boom" of your neighbors kid's car sound system but not the sound of the tweeters. Ultrasound is blocked by objects that lower frequencies just go around.

Answer 2

Waves function on the principle of wavelength and frequency,the distance they can travel depend upon the wavelength and freaquency of the wave ,not the energy it has.Energy as you call it is the amplitude of the wave.