To prepare a gelatin dessert, heat is used to disrupt hydrogen bonds holding the proteins together, thereby affecting their water solubility and causing them to interact with other proteins to form large, lattice-work structures. This is an example of ____, which is a(n) ____ process.

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The process described in the question is protein denaturation, which involves disrupting the secondary and tertiary structure of proteins. This disruption is usually irreversible, making choice C the correct answer. Choices A, B, D, and E are incorrect because they do not accurately describe the process of heating and causing proteins to denature in the context of preparing a gelatin dessert.

To Prepare a Gelatin Dessert, Heat Is Used to Disrupt