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: Food is easier to chew because it is moistened by saliva from the salivary glands. 
Fact 2: Since saliva is made from blood plasma, many chemicals present in blood are also present in saliva.

SOLUTION: Food is easier to chew because it is moistened by chemicals made from blood plasma.

PROBLEM: Fact 1: Most mollusks have shells. 
Fact 2: Mussels are bivalve mollusks.

SOLUTION: Most mussels have shells.

PROBLEM: Fact 1: Biodiversity increases the productivity and stability of ecosystems. 
Fact 2: Biodiversity contributes to ecosystem complexity.

SOLUTION:
An ecosystem's complexity increases its productivity and stability.