TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Fact 1: Minerals are chemical elements that are essential for body processes. 
Fact 2: Minerals are essential to the body's function.

SOLUTION: minerals are needed by body processes.

PROBLEM: Fact 1: Organisms that live in marine biomes must be adapted to the salt in the water. 
Fact 2: Marine life is equally diverse and abundant, from tiny plankton to blue whales.

SOLUTION: blue whales must be adapted to the salt in the water.

PROBLEM: Fact 1: navigation requires knowing direction. 
Fact 2: Direction is designated first in reference to North or South, then to East or West.

SOLUTION:
Navigation requires knowing north, south, east and west.