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Ecosystem - A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment.

Foodchain - A series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habits, the smallest being fed upon by a larger one, which in turn feeds a still larger one, etc.

so infact, the foodchain is part of the ecosystem, but its not the same.

Ecosystem is a broader term.

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