Riddle #927

I'm tall when I'm young, I'm short when I'm old, and every Halloween I stand up inside Jack O Lanterns. What am I?

I don't have wings, but I can fly. I don't have eyes, but I will cry! What am I?

Take away my first letter, and I still sound the same. Take away my last letter, I still sound the same. Even take away my letter in the middle, I will still sound the same. I am a five letter word. What am I?

A name of an animal minus the first three letters plus a flat piece of wood. What am I ?

I look taller when I am young. But as I get old, I become shorter and shorter. What Am I?

I can swim or walk for miles. I’m big with thick, white hair. I live up in the Arctic. What I am?

I am something to make you think, I am something to make you know. I am something to which the answer you might never know. What am I?

I have billions of eyes, yet i live in darkness. I have millions of ears, yet only four lobes. I have no muscle, yet i rule two hemispheres. What am I?

To you, rude would I never be, Though I flag my tongue for all to see. What am I?

I am a mother and a father, but have never given birth. I'm rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?

If I drink something, then I am just over. However, I can eat anything. What Am I?