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: when a cooler object touches a warmer object , thermal conduction occurs. 
Fact 2: Thermal conductivity varies with sediment type.

SOLUTION: When a cooler object touches a warmer object, conductivity varies with sediment type.

PROBLEM: Fact 1: the gravitational pull of the Moon on Earth 's oceans causes the tides. 
Fact 2: The lower is the tide, the better is the wave.

SOLUTION: gravitational pull of the moon causes waves.

PROBLEM: Fact 1: Some viruses live in a dormant state inside the body. 
Fact 2: True influenza is caused by one of the influenza viruses.

SOLUTION:
influenza can live in a dormant state inside the body.