Select the letter of the term that identifies the function of the

phrase in parentheses in the following sentence:
Scientists are now experimenting with a process that will allow us
(to replace some Styrofoam with potato-starch products).
e. object of a preposition
b. adverb f. direct object
c. subject g. indirect object
d. predicate nominative h. appositive

e. object of a preposition

The function of the phrase in parentheses in the given sentence is "e. object of a preposition."