Can you solve the tricky chess rebus puzzle below by ciphering the hidden meaning?

What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?

If there are fifteen crows on a fence and the farmer shoots a third of them, how many crows are left?

There are two words one resembles the "state of rest" and the other is related to "writing/reading material".

Can you name these two words which also sound similar?

It has a long neck, A name of a bird, Feeds on cargo of ships, It's not alive,

What is it?

I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

Name the three-letter word that can complete the below words?

A) L O _ _ _ E
B) E D U _ _ _ E
C) _ _ _ E R
D) _ _ _ T L E

What runs around the whole yard without moving?

I have eight fingers and two thumbs but I do not live. What Am I?

What goes up but never comes down?