Combine the given two facts to write a concluding fact. Note that there should be some parts of the first and second facts that are not mentioned in this conclusion fact. Your combined fact should be the result of a chain between the two facts. Chains form when two facts connect together to produce a concluding fact. An example of a chain is: "pesticides cause pollution" (fact1) + "pollution can harm animals" (fact2) → "pesticides can harm animals" (conclusion fact). Parts of the concluding fact overlap with the first and the second fact. To construct such a  concluding fact, a useful way is to borrow the subject from one fact and the ending conclusions from another fact.

[Q]: Fact 1: Mating is generally preceded by courtship. 
Fact 2: For example, a black rooster and a white hen mate, and the resulting offspring are gray.
[A]: courtship can result in offspring.


[Q]: Fact 1: when a hemisphere is tilted away from the sun , that hemisphere receives less direct sunlight. 
Fact 2: Sunlight is pure energy.
[A]: when a hemisphere is tilted away from the sun , that hemisphere receives less direct energy.


[Q]: Fact 1: Female monotremes lack a uterus and vagina. 
Fact 2: Monotremes include the duckbill platypus.
[A]:
female duckbill platypus lack a uterus and vagina.