The 

alveoli are moist to allow oxygen to move from the lung through the alveoli
into blood vessels and red blood cells. Carbon dioxide passes from the blood
into the alveoli. The oxygen-filled blood goes back to the heart and the carbon
dioxide in the alveoli is pushed out of the lungs and into the air we breathe out.

The lung is an organ in many vertebrates (animals

having a spine, or backbone). It takes blood oxygen
from the air, and expels carbon dioxide. Most
vertebrates with lungs have two of them.

In animals, the lungs are the area where

gas exchange takes place. Without gas
exchange, oxygen would not pass into
the blood from the lungs so the body cells
would not be able to receive the oxygen
needed for respiration.