Transpiration is the loss of water from a plant in the form of water vapor. absorbed by roots from the soil and transported as a liquid to the leaves via xylem. leaves, small pores allow water to escape as a vapor. less than 5% remains in the plant for growth.
The largest number that has a commonly-known specific name is a googleplex, which is a 1 followed by a googol zeros, where a googol is (a 1 followed by 100 zeros).
Report Abuse. In American usage, a billion has 9 zeroes, a trillion has 12, and the next named number, quadrillion, has 15. But in British usage, a billion has 12 zeroes, a trillion has 18, and a quadrillion has 24. Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_la... DavidK93 Â· 9 years ago.