Relative location isn't the exact location so they would have to be using their mental imagery of a map. For example, after you go to fro a place so many times, you will grow accustomed to it thus by using mental imagery of a map would be a good answer.
Decreases? I think.........
The soil layers are, in order: dirt, humus, rock. So the answer is D.
They are both on the end of the Pacific rim. They both have an above average number of volcanoes, and they are steeper and more narrow then other mountain ranges. This is a result of their both straddling and colliding continental plates and being on top of very active geological fault lines.