what is the difference between ecosystem and environment?

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Ecosystem Environment
Ecosystem is a self sustaining system where the biotic and abiotic components of various community interact with each other. Environment is the total surroundings of the organisms but does not imply any interaction between components of environment.
Ecosystem of an organism does not change where ever it travels within it. The immediate environment of organism may change from one place to other.
Ecosystem depends upon the processes like photosynthesis etc. Environment does not depend on such process.
Ecosystem is about the relations. Environment is about conditions.

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Ecosystem	Environment
Ecosystem is a self sustaining system where the biotic and abiotic components of various community interact with each other.	Environment is the total surroundings of the organisms but does not imply any interaction between components of environment.
Ecosystem of an organism does not change where ever it travels within it.	The immediate environment of organism may change from one place to other.
Ecosystem depends upon the processes like photosynthesis etc.	Environment does not depend on such process.
Ecosystem is about the relations.	Environment is about conditions.