Answer: Ribose is synthesized from glucose and other monosaccharide molecules in living cells by a process known as pentose phosphate pathway. The pentose phosphate pathway is a series of chemical reactions taking place in the cytosol of cells.
Passive membrane processes are those that do not require energy and move substances down a concentration gradient; namely, these are diffusion, facilitated diffusion and osmosis.
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Sometimes you mix different substances and you don't make new substances but mostly of the time you do make new substances , so the answer is chemical change.