Explain how continental islands, high islands, and low islands form


Continental islands are islands situated on continental shelves or are fragments that have been broken off of a continent.
Most high islands are the result of volcanic eruptions.
The low islands are made of coral, a material composed of the skeletons and living bodies of small marine organisms that inhabit tropical seas.

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