If there were no atmosphere, the sky would be all black, except for the area directly around the sun, which you would not be able to look anywhere near because it would be so bright, as there would be no atmosphere to block its rays.
Contagion and contagiousness refers to how easily the spread of Genetic Disease is possible from one person to another. Other words for contagion include infection, infectiousness, transmission or transmissability. Contagiousness has nothing to do with genetics or inheriting diseases from parents.
Human genetic disease. Human genetic disease, any of the diseases and disorders that are caused by mutations in one or more genes. With the increasing ability to control infectious and nutritional diseases in developed countries, there has come the realization that genetic diseases are a major cause of disability, death, and human tragedy.