Short medium clever riddles for kids

I am a seed with three letters in my name. Take away the last two and I still sound the same. What am I?

Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin, Light enough to caress the sky, Hard enough to crack rocks.

I have all the knowledge you have. But I am small as your fist that your hands can hold me. Who am I?

What kind of animal lives longest in zoos?

You can hold it without seeing or touching it! What is that?

You can break me easily without even touching me or seeing me. What am I?

What has a neck but no head?

If a boy is 12 and his brother is 13, how is the 12 year old older than his brother?

What kind of cup doesn't hold water?

I know a word which reads the same when written forward, backward or upside down. Do you?