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: measuring the hardness of minerals requires scratching those materials. 
Fact 2: Most gem stones are hard minerals.
[A]: You can measure the hardness of a gem stone by scratching it.


[Q]: Fact 1: Vesicle transport requires energy, so it is also a form of active transport. 
Fact 2: Much of protein transport in a cell occurs via coated transport vesicles.
[A]: Much of protein transport in a cell requires energy.


[Q]: Fact 1: hitting an object causes the particles in that object to vibrate. 
Fact 2: Sounds are caused by vibrations.
[A]:
hitting an object causes Sounds.