Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: The lighting end of a match is known as the match `` head '' and , depending on type , either contains phosphorus or phosphorus sesquisulfide as the active ingredient and gelatin as a binder .
Simplified: The lighting end of a match is known as the match `` head '' . It either contains phosphorus or phosphorus sesquisulfide as the active ingredient and gelatin as a binder .