General Riddles

I have a mouth but I can't speak, I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?

Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies, Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am I?
A shadow.

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

Where does Friday comes before Thursday?
In the dictionary

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

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