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Gap fill activity - Types of fences

Read the following passage and select the best answer from the list provided to fill each blank space.

ground	barbed	crossbred	under
predators	structures	sighter	jumping
behaviour	horses	prefabricated	small
hazards	design	deer	fences
spacings	injure	plain	horns

One of the major factors that will determine the type and _______ of a fence are the livestock or other animals that are to be kept in or out of a paddock. Cattle fences are usually constructed with four or five lines of _______ wire. Sheep paddocks commonly have either ______ wire or prefabricated wire fences. Different breeds of sheep require different wire _________. British breeds and __________ sheep need more wires spaced closer together than Merinos.

The __________ of animals when confronted with a fence largely determines the design. Barbed wire poses ________ for horses which can panic and _______ themselves if they get tangled in the wires. For this reason plain wire fences with a _______ wire on the top line are preferred for ________.

Goats try to push ______ and then through a fence before _______ over. They also like to browse through the fence. The best goat fences are tall and made of ___________ wire. The mesh must have sufficient spacing to allow a goat to pull its head out of the fence without the _______ catching. Goats will climb up any available _________, such as rocks, tree stumps and diagonal stays, so they can jump over fences more easily.

Tall, prefabricated _______ at least two metres high are needed to contain _______. The bottom rungs of mesh must have ______ spacings to prevent deer calves from escaping. A single line of barbed wire is sometimes used at ________ level. This also helps to deter __________.

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